Award-winning pilot, 52, pulls off ‘textbook emergency landing’ on a busy Minnesota interstate

Award-winning pilot, 52, pulls off ‘textbook emergency landing’ on a busy Minnesota interstate, hitting one car but injuring no one, before coming to a screeching halt The single-engine Bellanca Viking plane landed and hit a vehicle, temporarily closing part of the 35W highway Wednesday night in Arden Hills, Minnesota Two people were on board and … Read more

One of UK’s biggest school textbook makers vows to ‘flip harmful gender stereotypes’

School books and exam papers could soon show girls dressing up as firefighters and boys watering plants after one of the country’s largest education companies launched plans to tackle gender bias. Pearson, which owns the exam board Edexcel and produces resources for schools, today announced guidelines to ‘flip’ gender stereotypes and ‘avoid unconscious bias.’ The move, … Read more

‘Jihadi’ textbook probe descends into farce after researchers analysed Israeli book promoting peace

‘Jihadi’ textbook probe descends into farce: Investigation into literature used in British-funded Palestinian schools is slammed – after researchers analysed Israeli publications promoting peace A joint UK-EU study to provide a ‘thorough review’ of the books was promised Report to be completed in October by Germany’s Georg Eckert Institute Concerns were raised after presentation of … Read more

Exam board withdraws textbook featuring cartoon of black tribe cooking a white missionary

Exam board apologises and withdraws GCSE psychology textbook featuring cartoon of black tribe cooking a white missionary in a pot The picture in the AQA textbook shows two white missionaries, captured by a group of black men said to be cannibals, cooking one of the missionaries The wider context in the psychology text book was … Read more