Current and retired staff complain about delays, backlogs and poor communication at Teachers’ Pensions

Teachers who retired this summer have been left waiting for pension payments they were supposed to receive at the start of September, with some saying they are “sick with worry” and unable to pay bills.

Current and retired teachers have contacted the Guardian to complain about delays, backlogs...

Gaza students hoped to resume US studies after war, but Trump’s visa ban crushed their plans

Within days of 7 October 2023, much of Maryam’s world had been wiped out: her home in Gaza City, her children’s schools, and the Islamic University of Gaza, where she was a graduate student in physics, were all destroyed by airstrikes. In early December, Maryam’s mentor – Sufian Tayeh, a...

Ashe county, North Carolina, and thousands of other school districts are scrambling after a freeze on nearly $7bn

In the time it took to read an email, the federal money vanished before Eisa Cox’s eyes: dollars that supported the Ashe county, North Carolina, school district’s after-school program, training for its teachers and salaries for some jobs.

The email from the US Department of...

Since our last survey, we find more columnists, podcasters and executives are from privileged backgrounds. That’s too narrow a segment of society

The Sutton Trust has researched the educational backgrounds of Britain’s most influential people – and in one sector in particular, that should ring alarm bells. It seems clear that the British media has a social mobility problem. And despite some...

Concerns grow over the government’s plans to reform special needs education in England.

Those in top roles are five times as likely to have been to private school than general population, study finds

The privately educated are tightening their “vice-like grip” on some of the most powerful and influential roles in British society, such as FTSE 100 chairs, newspaper columnists and BBC executives, a report has found.

Those in the most important positions are five times as likely to...

RSC touring troupe stage King Lear in a school hall on St Mary’s before continuing to the Isle of Wight

“Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow!” King Lear, Act III, Scene 2

A fierce wind and strong swell had turned the Atlantic into a rollercoaster and when the troupe made landfall on the Isles of Scilly, several members felt rather wobbly and looked a little green around the gills.

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Katie Nellist, who has autism and struggled to attend school, says the government needs to engage with young people over the future of the system.

I knocked on doors, spoke to people about their hopes and concerns, and wrote poetry to share with them. It could and should be an art form for everyone

When I first suggested knocking on strangers’ doors and offering to write a poem for them, for nothing, on any subject of their choosing, the responses weren’t exactly enthusiastic. I’m from Heaton in Newcastle upon Tyne, where the...

I should have been devastated when I came third in a public speaking competition. But the joy that came out of nowhere has shaped the rest of my life

“I am a teenager, living in an age with war, corruption, discrimination, racism, sexism. But no one seems angry about it. People see the slight advances towards equal society as having solved our issues entirely and it just isn’t enough.”

It’s...

White House using civil rights laws to wage campaign against school system to undermine free speech, says suit

The Trump administration is using civil rights laws to wage a campaign against the University of California in an attempt to curtail academic freedom and undermine free speech, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by faculty, staff, student organizations and every labor union...

Parentkind charity also says 33% of parents of children with special educational needs reported financial strain

One in three parents have sought a special needs assessment for their child, according to a survey that reveals a surge in demand for special needs support in schools across the UK.

The figures were released amid mounting apprehension in England over national plans to reform special...

If you’re an art teacher and you’d like to speak to us about your experience, we’d like to hear from you

We are hoping to facilitate conversations between people of different generations talking about certain topics. We would love to speak to a gen Z and baby boomer art teacher. If you’re an art teacher from these generations and you’d like to speak to us about your experience, we’d like...

The answers from young people at the BBC Teen Summit range from caring about the world to AI.

From autumn 2026 all schools and after-school clubs must collect and hold students’ phones until the end of the day

Europe live – latest updates

Sweden is to implement a nationwide mobile phone ban in all schools in an attempt to improve security and study conditions for students.

From the next school year, starting in autumn 2026, it will be compulsory for all schools and after-school clubs to...

Read the most interesting discoveries from a recent survey of 2,000 13- to 18 year-olds by BBC 5 Live and BBC Bitesize.

Elizabeth and Henry are among those ditching technology in their bedrooms to see how they cope.

Gary Kirsten was a top international player and coach but rates his work in Cape Town’s Khayelitsha as one of the highlights of his cricketing career

Photographs by Chris de Beer-Procter

It’s just after 3pm on a Friday and 22-year-old Sinelethu Yaso is in her happy place. Her spotless cricket whites pop against the synthetic green turf, while the upbeat rhythms of kwaito music waft on the...

Concerns grow about potential cuts to educational support as Lib Dem leader addresses rally at Westminster

Parents fearful about the government’s plans to overhaul special needs education in England took their fight to parliament on Monday, where the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, warned the prime minister: “Get this wrong and you are out.”

Up to 700 parents, many carrying colourful,...

In the remote state of Meghalaya, foraged foods are helping to diversify state-provided menus – and tackle chronic malnutrition

Excited chatter and the clattering of steel plates drown out the din of the monsoon rains: it is lunchtime in Laitsohpliah government school in the north-east Indian state of Meghalaya. The food has been cooked on-site and is free for everyone, part of India’s...

Children describe positive memories of family time, as well as the darker side of pandemic life online.