Red-State Universities Will Get Hit by Trump’s Cuts, Too
The president’s assault on academic research won’t affect just blue-state elites.
Education
Calls for schools to ditch formal uniforms
Schools that have already changed their uniform policy say is allows children to play for longer.
Judge Opens Door to Releasing Mahmoud Khalil as Soon as This Week
Mr. Khalil, a legal permanent resident, has been held in Louisiana for more than three months. The judge suggested he could be released as early as Friday unless the government successfully appeals.
Trump’s Budget Tells Three Unhappy Truths About America
Features of the budget: A supercharged ICE, school vouchers and no relief for a warming planet.
Lawsuit Argues Hispanic-Serving College Program Is Discriminatory
A group behind the Supreme Court case that ended affirmative action is now targeting a federal support for schools that enroll large numbers of Hispanic students.
Rubio Is Pressing to Open Sanctions Investigation Into Harvard
Experts and former officials said it was unusual for a cabinet secretary to try to influence the Treasury Department’s sanctions process to target a domestic entity.
Winners and losers: Who got what in the spending review?
BBC correspondents analyse how departments have fared and the impact decisions could have on you.
Richard Beattie, Early Engineer of Private Equity Takeovers, Dies at 86
A top Wall Street lawyer, he worked on some of the biggest corporate mergers in history, including KKR’s takeover of Nabisco in 1989. He also served in the Carter administration and in city government.
What Happens to Harvard If Trump Successfully Bars Its International Students?
If President Trump makes good on all his threats, Harvard may lose much of its influence and prestige. It could also become even harder to afford.
Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference
The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.
UK students and staff: tell us your experiences with AI at university
We would like to hear from university students and teaching staff about the impact of AI on studies
The use of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools are becoming increasingly commonplace in UK higher education. A February survey of 1,000 students showed an “explosive increase” in use of generative AI in particular over the previous 12 months.
With this in mind, we’d like to find...
Spending review: Reeves vows to ‘renew Britain’ with big rises for NHS, housing and defence
Chancellor pledges to end spending on asylum hotels in four years, as she contrasts Labour investment with Conservatives’ austerity
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Spending review 2025: key points at a glance
Five charts underpinning Rachel Reeves’s decisions
Rachel Reeves has pledged billions to be invested in energy, housing, transport and infrastructure, promising that the effects would be...
‘The impact has been profound’: the headteacher bringing play back to the classroom
Tina Farr has put play-based learning at the heart of lessons at her Oxford primary – with ‘phenomenal’ results
When Tina Farr visits the year 2 classroom at her Oxford primary school, she can feel the changed atmosphere since play was put firmly back on the curriculum.
“When I walk in there, I just feel the energy. The children come running up with things they have made, there is always a...
Rachel Reeves says she ‘chooses investment’ ahead of unveiling Labour’s spending review – UK politics live
Chancellor will reveal how the government plans to spend almost £1.4tn in 2026-27, rising to almost £1.5tr in 2028-29
Good morning. The government plans to be spending almost £1.4tn in 2026-27, rising to almost £1.5tr in 2028-29. Those annual limits are already agreed. Today, when Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, stands up at 12.30pm to present the spending review, she will explain how she has...
Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it | Bernard Harcourt
A message tucked into an old book serves as a reminder that the assault on the institution is part of a long-planned effort
On the shelf in my library, I have an autographed copy of a book written by a former Republican congressman from New York, John LeBoutillier, titled Harvard Hates America: The Odyssey of a Born-Again American. It was published in 1978, two years before LeBoutillier was...
Children’s reading enjoyment falls to lowest recorded level in UK
Annual survey of young people’s reading habits which began two decades ago shows its lowest-ever result, most pronounced among boys aged 11 to 16
Reading enjoyment among children and young people in the UK has fallen to its lowest level in two decades, with the decline particularly pronounced in teenage boys, according to new research.
While the past year saw boys’ reading enjoyment fall...
‘A-posh-trophe’ joke wins London school pupils a posh trophy
Year 5 children’s punctuation pun scoops top prize in the Beano’s Britain’s Funniest Class competition
A joke about punctuation has been chosen as the funniest in a competition run by the Beano comic.
Year 5 pupils at Riverley primary school in Leyton, east London, won the accolade with their joke: What do you call the fanciest punctuation? An a-posh-trophe.
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‘They are making young people ill’: is it time to scrap GCSEs?
They have shaped the fortunes of young people in the UK for four decades. But now even the former education secretary who introduced these exams wants to see them abolished …
It’s approaching 8.30am on a Wednesday in June and 140 grim-faced teenagers are making their way into an exam hall. Today it’s GCSE maths paper 2 (calculator). A posse of smiling staff encourage and cajole: “Good...
Ban on ‘no ball games’ signs suggested to get kids off screens
Experts say outdoor play in England has declined by 50% and are calling for urgent change.
Yosemite Bans Large Flags From El Capitan, Criminalizing Protests
Violators could face up to six months in jail under the new rule, which appears to have been formalized last month.
Michigan State U. to Pay Nearly $30 Million to 3 Survivors of Campus Shooting
The three students who survived the attack in 2023 all suffered extensive, life-altering injuries, their lawyers said.