During its final weeks in office, the previous Conservative government reached a deal allowing the church to walk away from most of its obligations.
Tag: Private and Sectarian Schools
Indonesian Teacher Convicted of Raping Students for Years
In a case that outraged the nation, the founder of a school was convicted of raping 13 students, fathering nine children with them.
With Discovery of Unmarked Graves, Canada’s Indigenous Seek Reckoning
Two gruesome discoveries of what Indigenous groups say are the remains of hundreds of children have strengthened the groups’ resolve to hold the country accountable for a long-hidden brutal history.
Women Are Calling Out ‘Rape Culture’ in U.K. Schools
Thousands of anonymous online accounts have shined a spotlight on sexual violence against young women and girls.
Blast at Pakistani Religious School Kills at Least 8
No group claimed immediate responsibility for the bombing, which took place while classes were happening at a madrasa in the suburbs of Peshawar, Pakistan.
Macron Vows Crackdown on ‘Islamist Separatism’ in France
President Emmanuel Macron’s speech addressed a deep-rooted problem in French society: its enduring difficulty to integrate significant parts of its large, nonwhite, Muslim population of immigrants and their descendants.
Kenya’s Unusual Solution to the School Problem: Cancel the Year and Start Over
Some students were taking classes online, while others couldn’t. So the government scrapped the school year for all. But the move may just make educational inequality worse.
Stabbing of 17 Children Shocks Japan, Where Parents Trust Streets Are Safe
Across the country, young students travel to school on their own every day. But a peaceful assumption was shattered by a rampage that killed a schoolgirl and a parent.
In a First, Greek Premier Visits Shuttered Seminary in Turkey
Orthodox Christians hope Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’s visit signals that Turkey, which closed the historic Halki seminary in 1971, might let it reopen.
Geoffrey Langlands, Lauded British Educator in Pakistan, Dies at 101
A British officer who stayed for six decades after his service ended, Mr. Langlands, known as “the Major,” taught at least two future prime ministers.