@_AnnaDavis

The Evening Standard's education editor and deputy campaigns editor. All views are my own.

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An honour, a privilege and a great sadness to send the final front page of the Evening Standard to press this morning. Messy desk essential. @standardnews
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The last ever front page of the Evening Standard.
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WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich is free. This is a day of great joy and relief for Evan, his family, WSJ colleagues, and all those who campaigned so hard for his release. It is also a great day for press freedom. Follow the story here (no paywall) wsj.com/articles/evan-gershk…

WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich Is Free

Russia freed wrongly convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich as part of a major prisoner swap. The reporter and more than a dozen others jailed by the Kremlin were exchanged for...

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Controlling and coercive behaviour is all too common for many schoolgirls with boyfriends today. Talia Kensit tells @_AnnaDavis how she set about tackling it standard.co.uk/news/london/w…

'We see massive amounts of stalking and harassment, hundreds of calls every day'

Controlling and coercive behaviour is all too common for many schoolgirls with boyfriends today. Talia Kensit tells Anna Davis how she set about tackling it

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🇬🇧 School's Out: The Truancy Crisis ▫The Standard reveals the ‘monumental efforts’ schools across the capital are making to bring children back to the classroom ▫@_AnnaDavis ▫is.gd/j89Pbr #frontpagestoday #UK @standardnews 🇬🇧
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✍️@_AnnaDavis: Forget horror; this is one of the most terrifying books I have read standard.co.uk/culture/books…

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt: The awful power of smartphones on children

Forget horror; this is one of the most terrifying books I have read. We all know our phones aren’t great for us, but Jonathan Haidt sets out their true cost in such excruciating detail you will want...

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With data revealing that more than a quarter of secondary school pupils in parts of London regularly fail to attend, I spoke to @_annadavis @eveningstandard on the persistent issue of school absenteeism. Read here: bit.ly/49H103l
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UCL students set for High Court showdown with university over pandemic disruption standard.co.uk/news/london/u…

UCL students set for High Court showdown with university over pandemic disruption

Around 5,000 students are bringing a legal action against UCL over claims their education was disrupted by the pandemic and strikes

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📼 The declining number of children in the capital is threatening London's schools. But why is this happening and how could it lead to "ghost schools"? @_AnnaDavis explains
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School closures are creating “ghost areas” across London as so many families with children are leaving #frontpage It comes after new research revealed that 8,000 fewer children will need school places in London over the next four years
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#TheStandardPodcast How London's school ‘ghost areas’ destroy communities Headteacher’s warning as families leave city Councils blame low birth rate, Brexit, Covid, cost-of-living Plus! Phones crackdown Insight with ES education editor @_AnnaDavis 🎧pod.fo/e/21f28a
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#WinterSurvival Appeal with @comicrelief: @_annadavis goes inside the refuge helping women who have fled abusive homes bit.ly/3vfMqRi

Winter Survival Appeal: Inside the refuge helping women who have fled abusive homes

The Standard visits a refuge backed by our appeal that helps victims of domestic abuse

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With no end in sight to cost-of-living crisis, @_AnnaDavis talks to those benefiting from key financial advice bit.ly/41ejvco #wintersurvival with @comicrelief
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Our #WinterSurvival Appeal with @comicrelief has been boosted with a £250,000 donation from the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund #frontpage 🗞️ This takes the total raised to £1.5 million after Hannah Waddingham called on readers to donate.
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EXCLUSIVE: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe writes for The Standard about her time in Iran's most notorious prison. She shares what she learned about freedom of speech, state-sponsored cancel culture and repression #frontpage 🗞️ Read her reflections: standard.co.uk/news/london/n…
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🎙️The Leader Podcast 🗣️ "I think if you were an 18-year-old picking up your A-levels today you might feel a little hard done by" @_AnnaDavis tells @Jonweeks5 why the 2023 A-levels cohort has been called the 'unluckiest year'🎓 📸 Barbara Gibson 🎧Listen 👇
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How can we have a proper debate when we no longer speak the same language? standard.co.uk/comment/comme…

How can we have a proper debate when we no longer speak the same language?

In the culture wars, hypersensitivity and accusations of ‘hate’ risk leading us into an Orwellian future

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In the culture wars, hypersensitivity and accusations of "hate" risk leading us into an Orwellian future How can we have a proper debate when we no longer speak the same language? #frontpage📰 ✒️ @RichardDawkins standard.co.uk/comment/comme…
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A-level grades in England are being brought back down to pre-pandemic levels after two years of massive grade inflation bit.ly/3Ozx4NI
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We’ve sat by and witnessed the emergence of a culture where we shut down opposing viewpoints, almost by default. We at the @EveningStandard will fight against this.
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Important piece on pupil numbers in London as families are priced out by housing & living costs. I'm leading a debate on this in Parliament next week to speak up for constituents - #Lambeth is among the most impacted Boroughs. @helenhayes_ @BellRibeiroAddy @londoncouncils
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The full extent of the pupil exodus from London has been laid bare in a new analysis which shows thousands left the capital’s schools last year #frontpage🗞️ standard.co.uk/news/educatio…
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