In February, the majority of teachers rejected an offer of 5.5% and started action short of strike in schools.

Interim report for schools in England to also recommend more emphasis on digital and media literacy, sustainability and climate science

Pupils should sit fewer GCSE exams and Michael Gove’s English baccalaureate faces being scrapped under plans to be recommended in Labour’s long-awaited curriculum review.

An interim report published on Tuesday outlining the review’s initial findings indicated...

Corporations started wooing my friends as soon as college began. It’s time for the left to reimagine its relationship with tech

When my friends and I graduated with our math degrees this past May, we felt like we could do anything.

After long nights spent on problem sets, the most aimless and ambitious of us will forgo grad school and become interns and employees at the shiniest, slimiest...

Uncertainty, disruption, increased screen use and crippling anxiety are some of the legacies since pandemic school closures

When it comes to disasters, children are habitually “ignored and mistreated”, according to the disasters expert Prof Lucy Easthope. So five years ago, when schools were told to close and lessons went online, a siren went off inside her.

“The lockdown terrified me,” she...

We would like to hear from parents and the reasons why their children have been finding it difficult to attend school

Five years after Covid closed schools in England, there is still a crisis in school attendance. This week the Department for Education will publish its latest figures for 2023/4. We’re interested in finding out more about the experience of parents whose children are absent...

Union says university could have 300 fewer full-time posts than in 2019 after savings made.

Ivy League school is latest US university to make step with aim to make it affordable to ‘more students than ever’

Harvard University is offering free tuition to more students, the Ivy League school announced on Monday, joining a growing number of higher education institutions in the US to take such a step.

The announcement from Harvard says that undergraduate tuition at the institution in...

Amanda Spielman says outlined changes ‘put unions and union members ahead of children’

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Oftsed’s former chief inspector has sparked a row with the government after saying the proposed legislation on schools was “very likely” to make education in England worse.

Amanda Spielman, who was head of the schools inspectorate in England when primary headteacher Ruth...

The answers to today’s triangular teasers

Earlier today I set you these mind-mangling puzzles about non-Euclidean geometry, in which the internal angles of triangles do not add up to 180 degrees.

1. Right, Right, Right.

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They were supposed to boost vocational learning, but they’re not popular with students and the dropout rate is high. Time for a dose of realism

What’s in a name? With T-levels, quite a lot. By choosing a title that sounded a lot like A-levels – with T for technical – the reformers behind England’s latest post-16 qualification sent a message that the days of vocational education’s...

David Zell drove into a ground-floor bedroom, where two people were asleep.

The former head of Ofsted Amanda Spielman says the government should “think again” on its reform proposals.

Diane Abbott says a wealth tax of 2% on people with assets over £10m would raise £24bn a year

The Reform UK press conference is about to start. There is a live feed here.

Nigel Farage is going to announce that 29 councillors have defected to his party, according to the Guido Fawkes website.

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