Daniel Walker Howe, Historian of Antebellum America, Dies at 88
He saw the origins of modern America in the years between 1815 and 1848, when revolutions in technology and media transformed a nation of isolated farms.
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Excessive screen time limits vocabulary of toddlers, experts warn
Children aged two with highest screen use can say significantly fewer words, UK government research finds
Excessive screen time is damaging toddlers’ ability to speak, the government has warned as it prepares to issue advice to parents for the first time on how to manage screen use in under-fives.
New research has found that children aged two with the highest screen use – about five hours a...
How Mississippi Schools, Like Hazlehurst Elementary, Transformed itself From Worst to Best
Since 2013, Mississippi has skyrocketed on national tests, while blue states lag. What is it doing right?
A Russian Videographer Reveals How Putin Shapes the Next Generation
Pavel Talankin was a school events coordinator and videographer. When Russia overhauled the curriculum to make students into patriotic soldiers, he kept his camera rolling. The footage became an Oscar-nominated film.
Schools in Occupied Ukraine Aim to Turn Children Into Russian Nationalists
Required lessons are heavy on militarism and pro-Russian, anti-Ukrainian propaganda. Some people make an arduous escape, partly to avoid the indoctrination.
Businesses pledge 1,000 T-Level work placements
The combined authority has pledged to work with colleges and firms to make more placements available.
My three-hour university commute is worth the £7,000 saving on halls
Over a third of students choose not to live at university, latest figures suggest – but is it worth it?
Ban social media for under-16s, top teaching union urges UK government
NASUWT says evidence growing that unregulated access affects behaviour in school and harms mental health
One of the UK’s biggest teaching unions has called on the government to ban social media for under-16s over concerns about mental health and concentration.
The Teachers’ Union (NASUWT) wants legislation to be tightened so big tech firms would face penalties for allowing children to access...
Book Review: ‘The Cradle of Citizenship,’ by James Traub
In “The Cradle of Citizenship,” the journalist James Traub finds that the biggest crisis in education is not what kids are learning, but whether they’re learning anything at all.
No, private schools aren’t victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ – and Cambridge should know better | Lee Elliot Major
Trinity Hall’s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the back foot
A Cambridge college’s plan to target students from some of the country’s most elite private schools has struck a nerve. As reported by the Guardian, Trinity Hall justified the move by claiming that a focus only on “greater...
Jerome Lowenstein, 92, Dies; Teaching Doctor With a Literary Sideline
When not guiding students in a compassionate approach to patient care, he led a tiny publishing imprint that put out a much-rejected debut novel that won a surprise Pulitzer Prize.
Charity watchdog opens statutory inquiry into City & Guilds’ sale of business arm
Bosses at body that trained chef Jamie Oliver were awarded million-pound bonuses after sale to private firm
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The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into City & Guilds’ sale of its qualification awards business to a private company last year.
The announcement has been made after the Guardian revealed last month how City & Guilds bosses were handed...
The Many Lives of a Radical Founder
Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense,” published 250 years ago this week, ignited the drive for American independence. That was hardly the end of his strange and winding story.
Sexual comments sees teacher banned from profession
A panel found Steven Battye breached professional standards at two secondary schools.
Renee Good’s Time at Old Dominion Included an Award-Winning Poem
“What I saw in her work was a writer that was trying to illuminate the lives of others,” a faculty member recalled.
Pupils left shivering during exams as PFI contract ends with school repairs unfinished
A BBC investigation finds building issues across city schools after a firm contracted to carry out repairs went into liquidation.
New Jersey Is Latest State to Ban Student Phones in Schools
The restrictions, signed into law by Gov. Philip D. Murphy on Thursday as one of his final acts in office, will take effect during the 2026-2027 school year.
Cooper Union Settles Jewish Students’ Suit and Alters Protest Policies
The New York City college had been accused of tolerating discrimination against those who believe in Zionism following a pro-Palestinian protest that trapped students inside a library.
‘Immoral’: Cambridge college urged to drop private school recruitment drive
Alastair Campbell joins graduates and social mobility charities in criticism of Trinity Hall’s new policy
Trinity Hall graduates and leading social mobility charities have called on the University of Cambridge college to scrap its controversial efforts to actively recruit students from elite private schools, describing the new policy as damaging, offensive and a “step backwards” for...
Scottish students should pay towards tuition, says uni principal
Prof Sir Peter Mathieson said that Scotland could adopt a “graduate repayment scheme” based upon salary.