Children with allergies feel “excluded” as milk alternatives aren’t routinely given at schools.

How infections linked to a nightclub escalated into a public health incident requiring a national response is a puzzle experts are still grappling with

Tyra Skinner had already been violently sick three times when doctors at Kent’s William Harvey hospital realised something was badly wrong. The 20-year-old was rushed into critical care, racked with a pounding headache, a stiff neck and...

Graduates, parents and students spoke to BBC Your Voice about their experiences of student loans.

What causes meningitis, what the public health response has been and how the situation differs from Covid

The deadly outbreak of meningitis in Kent has fuelled concerns about how far the disease will spread and seen the return of people wearing masks and queueing for vaccines. The scenes are reminiscent of the Covid crisis, but meningitis is very different. Here we look at how the outbreak...

Labour recognises how crucial education is at the start of life, but still the poorest children are missing out

The news is very good (mostly). The cost of full-time childcare in England for children under the age of two has dropped by a phenomenal 39% since last year, thanks to government funding. This stat, from the 25th annual survey of nurseries by the children’s charity Coram, provides a...

The head teacher of a Sudbury school says Becky Munnings “touched the lives of all she taught”.

Rulings in cases alleging antisemitism on US campuses say common pro-Palestinian speech is constitutionally protected

Few debates from the last few years have been more contentious than whether criticism of Israel and Zionism is antisemitic, threatens Jewish people or violates their civil rights. Allegations of antisemitism have cost people jobs, provided pretexts for censorship and fueled an...

Health workers across England are urged to look out for signs of infection as thousands have jabs.

An analyst tells the BBC how she tracked down a victim of child sexual abuse after years of searching.

Psychologists at Cardiff University and King’s College London compared children given dolls with those given video games

Playing along with dolls can help boys and girls develop more sophisticated imaginations and better social skills, compared with children who play on electronic devices, according to research.

Psychologists at Cardiff University and King’s College London found that children...

Florida restricted teaching around sex, gender and race. Lux is now giving students a forum for these issues

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On a Tuesday night, at Florida’s only public liberal arts college, a small group of students gathered in a classroom to discuss issues deemed “controversial” on state campuses: transgender rights, feminism,...

Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taught

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Across Florida universities, some sociology professors are quietly choosing not to alter their courses in response to new state guidelines restricting how topics like race, gender and sexuality can be...

New research suggests efforts to suppress screen time need to go further than the school gates to be effective.

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.

This week, from 2022: Austerity, the pandemic and now the cost of living crisis have left many schools in a parlous state. How hard do staff have to work to give kids the chances they deserve?

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Officials confirm 15 cases of meningitis following an outbreak in Kent, in which two people died.

The parents of a 15-year-old girl who survived a stabbing say they are overwhelmed with support.