A Farewell Column From David Brooks
After 22 wonderful years, I’ve decided to take the exciting and terrifying step of leaving in order to try to build something new.
Education
Girls Are Ahead in Reading at Every Age. Can Boys Catch Up?
Boys’ reading struggles are not inevitable, research suggests, and addressing the deficit could improve outcomes in school and beyond.
Young People Are Using A.I. to Skip the Hardest Part of Growing Up
Artificial intelligence is replacing young people’s social intuitions.
Seven in 10 Africans are under 30 – invest in them and they will change the world | Monica Geingos
The countries that invest in youth now will be the ones that define global innovation in the coming years
Monica Geingos is founder of Leadership Lab Yetu and former first lady of Namibia
For the first time in our history, more than 70% of Africans are under the age of 30. This, along with entrenched inequalities, poverty, unemployment and socioeconomic fault lines, is reshaping how our...
Educator Who Read ‘I Need a New Butt!’ to Students Wins Job Back in Court
An appellate court ruled that the firing of the former assistant principal of an elementary school in Mississippi in 2022 had been “arbitrary and capricious.”
A Solution for Too Many A’s? Harvard Considers Giving A-Pluses
Harvard University has been trying to cut back how many A grades professors give. Now, 53 percent of grades are A’s, down from 60 percent.
Girls Sue Saint Ann’s School and Former Teacher Over Sex Crimes
Winston Nguyen, a former teacher at Saint Ann’s School who pleaded guilty to a felony charge last year, is accused in the lawsuit of soliciting naked photos of students and sharing them online.
Keep suspended pupils in school, ministers say
Changes to England’s school system say on-site suspensions should be used for non-violent behaviour.
As the Taliban step up their war on women and girls, it is clear that appeasement has failed | Gordon Brown
Major powers have renewed diplomatic links while others seek deals to deport migrants. And all the while gender repression is getting worse
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has now issued its most extreme edict yet. It is already the only regime in the world where girls are excluded from secondary education. Now it has gone further, debarring all Afghan women from any contact with schools or...
Number of term-time school holiday fines hits another record high
New government data shows that fines for term-time holidays have risen again in the last academic year.
Parents claim mixed-messaging over mobile phones for kids
Ceredigion council said it was based on research linking excessive smartphone use to anxiety and depression.
She Protested a Book Ban. Oklahoma Revoked Her Teacher’s License.
Summer Boismier, a high school English teacher in Oklahoma, lost her teaching license after she protested a book ban. Now she is fighting to return to the classroom.
School suspension in England only to be for pupils’ most serious misbehaviour
Policy intended to keep more children sanctioned for non-violent bad behaviour in school in ‘internal exclusion’ units
Suspending pupils from school will be reserved for the most serious cases of bad behaviour including violence, according to the latest government guidance to be issued to schools in England.
The Department for Education (DfE) is to announce a consultation on behaviour policy to...
‘We’ve fought so hard’: family’s worry as England’s Send overhaul looms
Harvey, who is deafblind, struggled in mainstream nursery during wait for EHCP – and parents fear he could lose out again
Parents in England fear losing support for disabled children due to Send reforms
Harvey Hind has just turned five. He can count to a thousand. He can recite the alphabet – forwards and backwards – and he loves Play-Doh and cars.
The youngest of three children, Harvey is...
Parents in England fear losing support for disabled children due to Send reforms
Survey by disability charity finds 45% of parents of children with complex needs ‘worried support will be taken away’
‘We’ve fought so hard’: family’s worry as England’s Send overhaul looms
Parents of disabled children fear that the government’s reforms to special needs education in England could mean they lose vital support, according to a new survey that highlights the high stakes facing...
Victim in School Sex Abuse Case Wins $30 Million Jury Award
The man, now 44, said that a teacher in Newark repeatedly sexually abused him in the 1990s.
Academy boss takes leave of absence amid strikes
More than 800 school staff have been on strike across 20 schools in the West Midlands.
How Fed Rate Decisions Affect Mortgages, Credit Cards, Auto Loans and More
The central bank’s policy stance can influence consumer savings and borrowing, from car financing to home equity loans. Here’s how it works.
‘No evidence of bias’ at school that delayed MP visit
The school was inspected after concerns were raised over its decision to postpone an MP’s visit.
Mum says university ‘failed’ son who took his own life after grade error
Geography student Ethan Brown should have been awarded a 2:1 degree but was wrongly told he could not graduate.
When Conservative Politics Hit Cash-Starved Universities
If college education is merely a transaction, educators — and facts — are vulnerable.