America’s Children Are Unwell. Are Schools Part of the Problem?
From A.D.H.D. to anxiety, disorders have risen as the expectations of childhood have changed.
Education
Billionaires Have a Bigger Role in Higher Education Under President Trump
A new set of billionaires with an interest in higher education has helped oust college presidents and even assisted the Trump administration in its effort to overhaul the industry.
How can councils tackle the SEND funding gap?
A local authority is expanding a programme to help SEND children to be taught in state schools.
University students in England get two-thirds of funding of a decade ago, analysis finds
University leaders says planned levy on international student fees will leave many institutions even worse off
University students in England get just two-thirds of the funding they would have received a decade ago, after inflation and government cuts have reduced the resources available for teaching, according to vice-chancellors.
University leaders said the situation was likely to get worse...
Labor advances universal childcare plan with new laws to allow collection of data from private operators
Exclusive: Jason Clare says new powers will ensure information is ‘accurate, comprehensive and representative’ to help government deliver ‘evidence-based reforms’
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Labor is quietly advancing plans for universal childcare in Australia, with new laws to require private operators to hand over sensitive commercial data needed to design a...
The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent | Serena Mayeri and Amanda Shanor
The bespoke agreements are full of peril for the universities, allowing the federal government to quietly exert control
In October, President Trump proposed a compact for higher education, a federal takeover of state and private institutions thinly disguised as an offer of preferential funding consideration. Most of the initially targeted universities rightfully have rejected Trump’s unlawful...
With a million young people locked out of work, the UK’s hidden jobs crisis is only growing | John Harris
Held back by Covid and then phased out by AI, Britain’s so-called Neets are desperately seeking a secure future. Who will offer them hope?
Another week, another set of sobering economic numbers. Last Thursday, the Office for National Statistics published its latest quarterly estimate of the number of 16- to 24-year-olds who are so-called Neets – people not in education, employment or...
Our babies were taken after ‘biased’ parenting test – now we’re fighting to get them back
The Danish government has banned the use of parental competency tests on Greenlandic families after decades of criticism.
At Harvard-Yale Game, Rivals Come Together Against Trump Administration Attacks
Students and alumni set aside rivalries at the 141st Harvard-Yale football game on Saturday to summon support against attacks on higher education under the Trump administration.
School replaces fines with awareness courses
A head teacher in Camden decides to stop fining parents and instead ask them to attend courses.
Donate This Holiday Season: Nicholas Kristof Needs Your Help
Each dollar you donate through my holiday guide will generate $4 to nonprofits that are making our world a better place.
Remedies for the Burdens of Medical School
Readers respond to a guest essay proposing a shortened three-year course of study for aspiring doctors.
The Battle Between Pasadena and U.C.L.A Over the Rose Bowl
The storied stadium is at the center of a battle between Pasadena and U.C.L.A. that’s about money, nostalgia, geography and so much more.
Greek secondary school teachers to be trained in using AI in classroom
Some teachers and pupils voice concerns about pilot programme after government’s agreement with OpenAI
Secondary school teachers in Greece are set to go through an intensive course in using artificial intelligence tools as the country assumes a frontline role in incorporating AI into its education system.
Next week, staff in 20 schools will be trained in a specialised version of ChatGPT,...
After baby’s choking death, how safe are our nurseries?
Parents of Oliver Steeper, who died in 2021 after choking at nursery, are campaigning for change.
‘Who’s screenshotting our messages?’: how a WhatsApp saga spiralled into two parents’ wrongful arrest
When Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine posted complaints about their local primary school, they never expected six uniformed police officers to turn up at their door
Before it catapulted a small school community in London’s commuter belt into the centre of a global news story, the year-four class WhatsApp group at Cowley Hill school in Borehamwood was unremarkable – a place of snide comments,...
Special needs school pupils at home due to mouldy classrooms
More than 30 pupils at Sandelford Special School in Coleraine are facing remote learning due to health and safety issues.
Texas A&M Wrong to Fire Professor Melissa McCoul Over Gender Lesson, Panel Rules
The firing put the school at the center of national debates over gender identity and academic freedom. A faculty panel ruled unanimously against the termination.
Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
The Trump administration says it needs the information to investigate antisemitism and accuses the university of flouting a subpoena.
3 Children Are Injured in Grizzly Bear Attack in British Columbia
The children were among 11 people who were hurt when a grizzly attacked a school group in a remote part of British Columbia, the authorities said.
Lawrence Krauss, Martin Nowak: The Professors Who Stayed Close With Epstein
Even as the disgraced financier’s crimes were revealed, newly released emails show how academics at top universities stuck by Jeffrey Epstein, often seeking his help and offering it in return.