Schools Grapple With a Hard Problem: Who Is Gifted?
New York decides which 4-year-olds should be designated “gifted.” Many experts think that’s too young.
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Book Review: ‘The Great Contradiction,’ by Joseph J. Ellis
In “The Great Contradiction,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian looks at the way the founders wrestled with the fate of human bondage.
Should the Mayor Control N.Y.C. Schools? Mamdani and Cuomo Don’t Agree.
Zohran Mamdani and the teachers’ union have called for changes in mayoral control. Andrew M. Cuomo and some education leaders say that would be a grave mistake.
Government rejects fine-free school absences bid
Natalie Elliot wants changes to the rules but a minister says the UK is facing an “absence epidemic”.
Students praise scheme for tackling GCSEs stress
Sam Coton, from Evesham, runs workshops in schools to help pupils cope with modern life pressures.
All schools in England with removal grants to be Raac-free by 2029, says Phillipson
Education secretary promises ‘clear timelines’ are in place to permanently remove crumbling concrete
All schools in England that received grant funding to pay for the removal of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) should be free of it by the end of this parliament, the education secretary has pledged.
Setting out a new timeline for dealing with the crumbling concrete crisis in...
A Student Publication at Harvard Invoked Hitler. Now It Has Been Suspended.
The Harvard Salient, a conservative outlet, used a phrase that echoed a speech given by Hitler. Its board paused its operations over material it called “reprehensible, abusive and demeaning.”
New College of Florida, a Conservative Bulwark, Will Sign Trump’s ‘Compact’
The school, once a progressive college, was remade by Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration. Now, it is the first school to agree to the Trump administration’s list of demands.
Jill Lepore: ‘Most Forms of Tyranny Do Come to an End’
The Harvard historian on why change requires “determination and imagination.”
Writing Hawa review – Afghan woman fights for freedom as the Taliban close in
Najiba Noori’s thought-provoking documentary follows her mother, finally getting her chance at autonomy just as the Taliban retake the country
Shot in Afghanistan shortly before the 2021 Taliban takeover, Najiba Noori’s thought-provoking debut juxtaposes the private transformation of a woman with the public unravelling of the nation. At age 13, Noori’s mother, Hawa, was married off to a...
School absence fines to be debated in Parliament
Natalie Elliott’s online petition over school absence fines will be debated by MPs.
‘We want people to get lost!’ Princeton’s new museum survives scandal to deliver a mazey art ambush
It is architect David Adjaye’s first major project since the allegations that rocked his firm – a bold museum for Princeton University with exhibits that sneak up on its students. But do the insides match the outsides?
A cluster of serrated concrete bunkers has landed in the heart of Princeton University’s leafy campus in New Jersey, sending tremors through this twee Oxbridge fantasyland of...
A Hawaiian princess bequeathed her inheritance to her people. The schools they set up are being sued
Lawsuit against Kamehameha schools by Students for Fair Admissions, a neoconservative non-profit, alleges discrimination against non-Hawaiians
Advocates for a private school system established to educate Native Hawaiians say a new lawsuit targeting the admissions process is an ugly attempt to ignore the wishes of a Hawaiian princess who bequeathed her inheritance to secure a brighter future for...
ADHD diagnosis ‘changed my life’
Speaking during ADHD awareness month, Ms Harris says getting a diagnosis was a revelation for her.
Teacher who had sex with former pupil banned
A panel found Benjamin Hiscox posed a risk to children and had damaged confidence in the profession.
‘You just have to laugh’: five teachers on dealing with ‘six-seven’ in the classroom
Children across the UK have been shouting out ‘six-seven’ during lessons, so how are teachers reacting?
Across the UK, school pupils have been shouting out the words “sixseven” during lessons in the latest meme-based craze to sweep across classrooms.
While some teachers have chosen to stoically ignore the trend, others have embraced it. Five teachers explain how they’re coping.
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‘I took a DNA test – it blew my life apart’
One man says he wishes he had never traced his family tree after he made a shocking discovery.
A storied Los Angeles high school band had fallen on hard times. Then along came Mr J
Inglewood’s program had been chain-sawed by financial challenges and the pandemic, but Joseph Jauregui built it back up – and his students are winning scholarships
Joan Rosas says educators as early as kindergarten flat-out told him he wasn’t capable. “I got horrible grades,” he said. “I could barely read until eighth grade when I figured out how to teach myself.”
The Inglewood high school...
Tell us: have you lived in temporary accommodation in the UK with children?
We want to hear from UK parents with experience in temporary accommodation about the impact on their lives, family and schooling
More than 172,000 children were living in temporary accommodation in England at the end of June, according to new quarterly official figures released last week.
That represented an 8.2% rise on the same period last year. There are now more than 130,000 households...
Why we’re holding a teach-in about American history at the Smithsonian | Kellie Carter Jackson and Nicole Hemmer
Podcasters, professors, journalists and ordinary citizens will gather in Washington as the Trump regime wages war on history
On 26 October, podcasters, professors, journalists and ordinary citizens will gather on the steps of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History for a teach-in in defense of history and museums.
The teach-in comes at a moment when the Smithsonian system faces...
Autistic boy’s exam request ‘ignored’ by council
Joshua’s mum argues her son would have passed the Kent Test if KCC had given him more time.