Teachers give girls higher grades than boys because they find them to be better behaved, neater and easier to teach, according to a new study. Researchers in Italy found that the teachers helped to create and widen a “gender grade gap” by giving girls higher grades than boys even when they had “identical competence” in a subject. A 2015 study by the OECD reached the same conclusion, finding that girls’ work was being “marked up”, said The Times.
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Fattest parrot ‘cancelled’ from contest
The world’s fattest parrot has been banned from a bird of the year contest, reported The Telegraph. As voting began in New Zealand’s Bird of the Year contest, anger was growing over a decision to ban the owl parrot, which won the contest in 2008 and 2020, and came runner-up in 2021. “Bird of the Year is so woke”, complained a fan, suggesting the kakapo had been “cancelled” and the contest had become a “participation award” for ugly birds.
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