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Teaching GCSE topics younger risks turning schools into ‘early exam factories’, Powell warns

Lucy Powell says proposals to end widespread practice will be included in overhaul of England’s national curriculum Pushing GCSE subjects on younger pupils risks turning England’s secondary schools into “early exam factories”, the education secretary has said, warning that it is increasing disengagement from education. Lucy Powell wants schools to end the widespread practice of teaching GCSE topics to pupils in year 9 or earlier, before they officially start in year 10, and says she plans to reduce the amount of GCSE content to make it easier to fit into the official timetable. Continue readin

The Guardian
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International

En Argentine, le pape Léon XIV appelle les dirigeants à peser leurs mots et "chercher des compromis"

Léon XIV n'a pas mâché ses mots dimanche en Argentine lors d'une allocution prononcée devant les autorités civiles et politiques du pays, en présence du président ultralibéral Javier Milei. Le pape a jugé nécessaire de renforcer "tout particulièrement l'éducation, l'enseignement, l'enseignement supérieur et la recherche", des secteurs durement frappés par les coupes budgétaires du pouvoir argentin.

France 24
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