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Pacific-USA to host 2030 Rugby League World Cup

Five cities across the Pacific and the United States will host the joint men's and women's 2030 Rugby League World Cup, organisers announced Monday, as the sport looks to tap into lucrative new markets.

France 24
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Politics

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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