Many schools across the U.S. are rethinking their class schedules for April 8, 2024 — the day a solar eclipse will hit North America. The eclipse’s line of totality — the areas where the sun will experience total coverage — will span
Amanda Spielman: “Increasing numbers of parents are seeing school as a “pick-and-choose” exercise” (Image: Getty) Middle-class parents no longer feel any stigma about taking their children out of schools for a term time holiday, an education watchdog chief has warned. Alongside rising
More than a year after Algeria launched a pilot program to teach English in elementary schools, the country is hailing it as a success and expanding it in a move that reflects a widening linguistic shift underway in former French colonies throughout
Joe Biden nearly fell down the steps of Air Force One again on Tuesday as he scrambled to join striking auto workers in Michigan. According to CNN, President Biden delivered a rousing speech to the thousands of workers standing on the picket
A mum has been left “heartbroken” after receiving a council letter classing her “fit and healthy” daughter as overweight. Lauren Badminton, a hairdresser from Shiremoor, has expressed her fury at North Tyneside Council after she was told by local health officials that
While the Queen Consort has the luxury of enjoying healthy, home-cooked meals three times a day, her love of ballet has no doubt played a part in maintaining her trim figure. And according to Niki Rein, founder of Barrecore, there are a
Teachers are today staging the latest in a series of strikes over their ongoing claim for improved pay and conditions. Tens of thousands of teachers will follow up their five days of strike action during the past three months by again staying
Comment on this story Comment About a dozen women have gathered for their fitness class as their instructor guides them through the moves. “Backstroke!” Jean Bailey directs from her chair, raising her arms high, as the women of Elk Ridge Village Senior
Tua Tagovailoa suffered from two separate concussions this season, the first of which sent him in the hospital. It was initially thought that the Miami Dolphins quarterback suffered a concussion in Week 3 of the season, but the team (and after investigation,
A strong, shallow earthquake shook a mountainous region in the southeastern Philippines on Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries, officials said. The 6.1 magnitude quake, which was triggered by a local fault, struck about 14 kilometers