Sexual comments sees teacher banned from profession
A panel found Steven Battye breached professional standards at two secondary schools.
Education
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.
Teachers strike at two Greater Manchester primary schools over ‘culture of violence’
NASUWT members at Ravensfield and Lily Lane primary schools are staging nine-day walkout over ‘almost daily’ attacks by pupils
Teachers at two primary schools in Greater Manchester say they have been driven to strike because of “almost daily” attacks by pupils, leaving parents bewildered by the industrial action.
Members of the NASUWT teaching union at Ravensfield and Lily Lane primary schools...
University of California Reports Record Enrollment Despite Trump Pressure
Enrollment increased to more than 301,000 as the system prepared for a budget debate in Sacramento.
The Smithsonian Faces New Pressure to Submit to Trump’s Will
The institution, long regarded as independent, is facing a White House deadline to hand over records about its content and will see turnover that could reshape its governing board.
GCSE results will be available online this summer
Year 11 students will have a digital record of their results on an app for future use.
University to Pay $500,000 to Professor It Fired Over Charlie Kirk Post
Austin Peay State University in Tennessee also reinstated Darren Michael, a tenured acting professor whose post about Mr. Kirk’s killing inflamed conservatives.
Texas A&M Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato Because of Gender Rules
The university is reviewing courses under new rules restricting teaching about race and gender. Administrators told a philosophy professor to cut some lessons on Plato to comply.
Cambridge college to target elite private schools for student recruitment
Exclusive: Trinity Hall’s new policy described as a ‘slap in the face’ for state-educated students
A Cambridge college is to target the recruitment of students from elite private schools, interrupting decades of efforts to boost access for state-educated and disadvantaged pupils, the Guardian has learned.
Fellows at Trinity Hall college last month approved a policy to approach a small group of...
‘For a moment, only that story matters’: my plan to reignite the all-consuming love of books
Reading for pleasure rates are shockingly low in young people. So we should all get behind a new drive to turn them into avid readers. Why not start with books about art?
A girl on the cusp of adolescence gazes down at a book. Her left hand rests against her flushed pink cheeks, while her right clutches the pages, ready to turn to find out what happens next. She has porcelain-like skin and...
As Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Pushes Into High Schools, Dissension Follows
Since Mr. Kirk’s death, chapters of his organization’s affiliate for teenagers have more than doubled in number, aided by politicians who have said they won’t tolerate opposition.
Want to Have Better Sex This Year? Here’s How.
After 15 years teaching a class about sex, the most popular course at the University of Washington, this professor shares her most important takeaways.
Schools want help in ‘lonely battle’ against vapes
Schools say they are spending thousands on vape detectors as pupils struggle with addiction.
Record number of London pupils need Send support
The number of pupils needing Send support has risen by a third in a decade, government data shows.
Suspect in Brown and M.I.T. Killings Discussed Attacks in Videos, Officials Say
Claudio Neves Valente, who is accused of killing two students at Brown and an M.I.T. professor, left rambling descriptions of the shootings.
Top union accuses Texas of targeting teachers over Charlie Kirk posts
American Federation of Teachers sues over what it says are unconstitutional investigations into social media comments
A major Texas teachers’ union filed a federal lawsuit against the state on Tuesday challenging what it describes as unconstitutional investigations into hundreds of educators who posted comments on social media following the September killing of conservative activist Charlie...