
Paternity leave: How much time off work do new dads get across Europe?
Most dads in the UK get two weeks of leave when their baby is born – but new fathers in many other countries get more.
SUNDAY, 06 JULY 2025, 22:47
Most dads in the UK get two weeks of leave when their baby is born – but new fathers in many other countries get more.
Fatherhood should revolve around listening and accompanying, not teaching.
Readers respond to a guest essay about the effects of having foreign students at American universities.
The university seems to have misjudged what some families would pay. Next year, maybe applicants should play their own game of chicken with such schools.
Americans are fighting about history. This past week, thousands of students from across the country came together to celebrate it.
The idea, known as “redshirting,” has downsides, but proponents say it could help close a persistent gender gap in education.
Readers respond to articles about setbacks to the Fulbright program and Voice of America. Also: Senator Alex Padilla, handcuffed.
For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assault
US universities are facing the Trump regime’s fury. The justification given by the regime is that universities are run by leftist ideologues, who have indoctrinated students to adopt supposedly leftist ideological orientations, as well as hostility to Israel,...
A small decline in interest rates on federal loans for next school year is the first in five years. It comes amid turmoil in student loan and financial aid programs.
Three high court judges have rejected a judicial review into the government’s VAT policy on school fees.
Surcharge was a Labour party manifesto commitment at the 2024 general election
The high court has dismissed a wave of legal challenges against adding VAT to private school fees in the UK, saying that the government’s decision was a rare example of Brexit freedoms.
The judges noted that adding 20% to private school fees would not have been possible under EU law, stating: “This is therefore one...
Plus, Friday’s news quiz.
Health disparities research needs a reboot.
Local authorities say a £5bn shortfall in special needs funding could leave dozens effectively insolvent within months
Council leaders in England have warned that a multi-billion pound deficit from years of overspending on special educational needs has become a “burning platform” that will push scores of councils into bankruptcy within months.
They say time is running out to resolve rapidly...
It marks the highest proportion since government statistics were collected in this way.
From any angle, Michigan Central Station is a revelation.
Disability rights groups had followed the case closely, warning that arguments by the school district could threaten broader protections for people with disabilities.
Students say rise in prices was trigger but underlying anger was communist government’s increasing reliance on USD
Having endured electricity blackouts, water shortages, transport failures and the spiralling cost of food, Cuba’s students appear to have finally lost patience with their government over a ferocious price hike for the country’s faltering internet.
Local chapters of Cuba’s...
The president’s assault on academic research won’t affect just blue-state elites.
Schools that have already changed their uniform policy say is allows children to play for longer.
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.