The Harry Potter author says volunteering in orphanages can unwittingly support child cruelty.
Tag: Education
Nursery funding row: Ministers told to reveal calculations
Funding for free places is too low, causes nursery closures and limits availability, groups claim.
Overhaul exclusions to beat knife crime, say MPs
Too many excluded school pupils get only a couple of hours teaching each day, says their report.
Coventry students forced out of accommodation due to rats
In one video rats can be seen scurrying down a staircase at Callice Court in Coventry.
Give more children free school meals – Welsh AMs
The earnings level for families entitled to the benefit should double in 2020, a committee says.
Children in care warning from justice commission in Wales
The review of justice in Wales also finds “stark inequalities” in the rate across the country.
Long-term prisoners ‘should be allowed student loans’
Allowing more inmates to borrow for degrees would cut reoffending rates, a report says.
New Jersey pupils with $75 lunch debt banned from prom and field trips
A school district in the US city rejects a businessman’s offer to pay off pupils’ debts.
Universities ‘oblivious’ to campus racial abuse
With about a quarter of minority students affected, universities must tackle harassment, a report says.
‘Unlawful practices and buck passing’ over special needs
Families of children with special educational needs face a “treacle of bureaucracy, MPs say.
Youth parliament: schools must teach more life skills
Schools should teach life skills like managing money and coping with grief, says Youth Parliament.
Woman finds her childhood book in museum
Zoe identified her childhood copy of The Secret Garden by the hieroglyphics she wrote on the cover.