A few days after a majority of Britons backed Brexit in June 2016, this newspaper reported that Nicola Sturgeon had been in talks with London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Chief Minister of Gibraltar, Fabian Picardo.

WE start at the low point. “It’s hard doing music,” Jill O’Sullivan admits. “I love it. I feel compelled to sing and play and write. But I was thinking of quitting.”

The Scottish political world is holding its breath this weekend.

Before the massive rush to remote learning, most teachers used digital resources as supplements rather than primary materials, a RAND study shows.

In the face of well-funded opposition to organized labor, teachers will not be silenced, writes NEA President Lily Eskelsen García.

First lady Melania Trump unveiled her new "Be Best" initiative last week aimed at promoting emotional well-being, combating cyberbullying, and fighting the opioid crisis.

Until now desktop users had the option to opt-out of the 2017 interface redesign, but next month you'll be forced to use it (and may also need to upgrade to a new browser).

By the time I left school, aged 18, I couldn’t distinguish between which beliefs I had worked out for myself and which were absorbed through conditioning.

Has any recent laptop announcement excited you? Me neither. With no innovations on the horizon, laptop makers should focus on making them sturdier and cheaper.

Teachers unleash a flood of creative responses to one of the Most Persistent Teaching Questions of All Time: How do you get ever-chatty middle schoolers to quiet down and pay attention?

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The 2020 school counselor of the year draws on her previous experience as a counselor for gang members in a prison to reform discipline in her school in an Atlanta suburb. She shares her insights in this Q&A with Education Week.

Marc Tucker's most-read blog posts in 2017.

Marc Tucker explores the critical importance of trust in successful education systems and how trust was lost in U.S. education.

Instead of fixating on the word gap and other false language-skills dilemmas, focus on what's really hurting students, writes Olivia Obeso.

Studies on vaccine safety are crucial to the ongoing success of our national immunization program. ITP has a known association with MMR in young children, occurring in 1 in 40 000 doses. The risk after other childhood vaccines is unknown.

This study found no increased risk of ITP after vaccines other than MMR in young children, confirmed an association of ITP with MMR, and also found that ITP may occur after certain other vaccines in older children. (Read the full article)

To date, 4 small to moderate sized studies have revealed conflicting results on the clinically important question whether thrombocytopenia contributes to persistent patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in very immature, preterm infants.

Thrombocytopenia in the first 24 hours after birth was not associated with the incidence of PDA at postnatal day of life 4 to 5 in a large cohort of preterm infants with <1500 g birth weight. Platelet dysfunction, rather than platelet number, might play a role in ductus arteriosus patency. (Read the full article)

Clinically significant bleeding in pediatric immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is rare. Evidence-based guidelines for the management of pediatric ITP recommend that patients with mild or no bleeding be followed with observation alone.

Many pediatric patients with newly diagnosed ITP continue to be managed in the inpatient setting. Bleeding events are rare in this setting. Although geographic variability exists, intravenous immunoglobulin is the most commonly used inpatient ITP treatment in the United States. (Read the full article)

The intestinal microbiome may play a role in immune system maturation, and it has been postulated that early-life probiotic administration may reduce the risk of allergies and asthma in childhood. To date, however, results from clinical trials have been inconsistent.

In this meta-analysis, administration of probiotics in early life may reduce total immunoglobulin E level and protect against atopic sensitization but do not seem to protect against asthma/wheezing. Future trials should carefully select probiotic strains and include longer follow-up. (Read the full article)

In January 2006, a public health advisory and boxed warning for long-term safety and the risk of malignancies and a medication guide were issued for topical calcineurin inhibitors, tacrolimus and pimecrolimus.

Evaluation of off-label use of topical calcineurin inhibitors in children before and after regulatory action by the Food and Drug Administration is important to understand the impact of regulatory action. (Read the full article)

Sleep disturbance affects 47% to 60% of children with atopic dermatitis and is a leading cause of impaired quality of life for the patients and their family.

Sleep disturbance in children with atopic dermatitis can be predicted by a Scoring Atopic Dermatitis index of ≥48.7, and lower nocturnal melatonin secretion might play a role in the pathophysiology. (Read the full article)

Topical corticosteroids are often used to treat atopic dermatitis (AD) in infants, although compliance is poor due to concerns over side effects. Pimecrolimus was shown to be a safe and effective noncorticosteroid treatment of AD in infants in short-term studies.

The Petite Study shows that long-term management of mild-to-moderate AD in infants with pimecrolimus or topical corticosteroids was safe without any effect on the developing immune system. Pimecrolimus had similar efficacy to topical corticosteroids and a marked steroid-sparing effect. (Read the full article)

Clinical pain assessment methods in youth are vulnerable to underestimation bias and underrecognition. Facial expressions are sensitive, specific biomarkers of the presence and severity of pain. Computer vision–based pattern recognition enables measurement of pain-related facial expressions from video.

This study demonstrates initial validity for developing computer vision algorithms for automated pain assessment in children. The system developed and tested in this study could provide standardized, continuous, and valid patient monitoring that is potentially scalable. (Read the full article)

Small-for-gestational-age neonates are at risk for thrombocytopenia during the first days and weeks after birth. However, the incidence, duration, severity, responsible mechanism, value of platelet transfusions, and risk of death from this variety of neonatal thrombocytopenia are unknown.

Ten percent of thrombocytopenic small-for-gestational-age neonates have a recognized cause for low platelets (aneuploidy, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, disseminated intravascular coagulation); they have a high mortality rate (65%). Ninety percent have a moderate, transient (2 weeks), hyporegenerative thrombocytopenia with a low mortality rate (2%). (Read the full article)

Three national educational funders explain a new program that is highlighting innovative practices in schools around the country.

Movies are barely earning money compared to the games people don't even have to pay for up front—because in-app purchases are making bank.

Erin Cuthbert's strike for Chelsea at Lyon has been named goal of the season: watch the top ten.

The Sweden and Frankfurt left-back offers you her advice.

Gauteng, the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal are the hot spots for card fraud in South Africa, according to a report on global fraud activity.

The Fitbit Inspire HR, which earned an excellent rating in PCMag's review and our Editors' Choice award, is already a good deal at $99.95, but you can grab one right now for just $69.95.

Seven goals in Ljubljana made Portugal winger Ricardinho the all-time top UEFA Futsal EURO finals top scorer: we look at the numbers and the skills behind the man that lifted the trophy, 'O Mágico',

Portugal are UEFA Futsal EURO winners for the first time while Ricardinho dominated the individual honours in a record-breaking personal tournament: the full story.

Whether you want a customizable full-size tower or a mini PC, there's something for nearly every budget. Here are the best refurbished desktop deals for January 2020.

Gaming desktops have all the glamour, but even they must bow to the most serious PCs on the planet: workstations certified to crunch through the most demanding design and rendering jobs and make sense of the hugest datasets. Here's what you need to know as you shop for a genuine heavyweight (even if it's small in size).

You can't buy a more powerful gaming platform than a tricked-out desktop PC. Here's everything you need to know, part by part, to pick the right killer gaming system, along with our current favorites, culled from our top-rated reviews.

The HP Envy Desktop is a proficient everyday PC, offering excellent productivity performance in an attractive chassis with room for expansion.

It's not a particularly good value, but the HP Pavilion Desktop PC is well-built, with an attractive chassis, plenty of USB ports, and a speedy SSD instead of a hard drive.

A reliable home PC doesn't have to cost you four figures...far from it. Most of our budget-PC favorites cost less than $600, and some are hundreds less than that. Check out our top tested picks among conventional towers, compact PCs, and more.

Whether hulking towers, sleek all-in-ones, or space-saving mini PCs, today's desktops pack spiffier designs and more value than ever. Check out our recent favorites, along with some in-depth shopping advice and deep-dive reviews.

Dell's SAVE15 coupon is still live, the Dell Vostro 14 3000 is back down to just $299, and Walmart's Overpowered gaming desktop is $800 off right now.

Save on the second-generation Apple AirPods with the wireless charging case, Logitech gaming gear, Dell laptops, the Nintendo Switch, and more today.

The start of November has brought a ton of great deals, with some matching last year's Black Friday prices. The 512GB Samsung EVO Select microSDXC card is only $78.

Even with the increase in streaming competitors, Netflix remains at the top of the pack—but how long will its dominance last?

Research firm IHS Markit expects the display panel factories in Wuhan, China, to struggle to resume full production when the Chinese New Year holiday ends on Feb. 2. As a result, supplies for panels for TVs and PCs are expected to be tight in the ensuing months.

Education Week's top English-language learner stories on 2019 explored who's teaching the nation's English-learners and the struggles those educators encounter on the job, how the Trump administration's immigration policies affected students and their families and examined why more schools in the Un

Until now, providing your own router didn't stop ISPs charging you a router rental fee.

The Netgear Nighthawk AX4 Wi-Fi 6 router is $100 off, the Dell XPS 8930 Special Edition gaming desktop is $250 off, and Amazon is offering up to 40 percent off Eufy robot vacuums.