Administration accuses university of failing to protect students and says it will look into $9bn in federal grants

The Trump administration announced a review on Monday of $9bn in federal contracts and grants at Harvard University over allegations that it failed to address issues of antisemitism on campus.

The multi-agency Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism said it will review the more...

The threat of council bankruptcies should focus minds on the need for a failing system to be reformed

The financial threat hanging over English councils, as a result of the last government’s decision to mask special needs overspending with an accounting ruse, is made plain in a Guardian investigation that used freedom of information requests to dig into their accounts. How ministers plan to...

There’s been no innovation in accessible TV since the 90s. That’s why we created the personalised service Ultra Access, so everyone can tweak how they watch based on their own needs

When I was growing up, I was obsessed with watching TV. I would rush home after school and wake up early on weekends, just to soak up the magic of storytelling on screen. But as a child with partial deafness, I...

Sixth-formers discuss the hit show and what it is really like to be a young male in Britain today

Warning: contains spoilersPodcast: What teenage boys really think of girls, influencers and porn

Everyone from the prime minister down seems to have a view on Adolescence, the Netflix smash about a teenage murder fuelled by social media and toxic masculinity.

But there is one voice missing from the...

Exclusive: education secretary exploring tools to compile student reports and assess writing and vocational skills

AI tools will soon be in use in classrooms across England, but the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has one big question she wants answered: will they save time?

Attending a Department for Education-sponsored hackathon in central London last week, Phillipson listened as...

Deficits of £5.2bn have been put aside for seven years in accounting fix that ends on 31 March 2026

Nearly 20 councils in England ‘at risk of insolvency’ due to Send costs

The staggering cost of England’s special educational needs and disability (Send) crisis shows no sign of easing. A Guardian investigation has revealed councils will overspend on Send services by nearly £2bn over the next...

Exclusive: Councils say multibillion pound debts caused by years of overspends on special educational needs support

Why scores of English councils could go bankrupt when hidden Send debt reappears

Nearly 20 councils have warned publicly that they are at risk of insolvency because of multibillion-pound debts caused by years of overspends on special educational needs support, the Guardian can...

Reagan says having a child with disabilities can be “a lonely place” and hopes to help others.

Yukun Tao says his adventure has motivated others as he prepares to drive back later this year.

Normally staid historians sound alarm at authoritarian grasping for control of the premier US museum complex

In a brightly lit gallery, they see the 66m-year-old skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex. In a darkened room, they study the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the national anthem. In a vast aviation hanger, they behold a space shuttle. And in a discreet corner, they file solemnly...

Greater Manchester mayor says number of young people not in education, employment or training has reached unacceptable levels

The number of young people not in education, employment or training has risen to unacceptable levels because Whitehall is failing to listen and respond to their needs, Andy Burnham will say this week.

The mayor of Greater Manchester will warn in a key speech that the...

Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine say six officers came to their house after primary objected to WhatsApp comments

The parents of a nine-year-old girl have said they were held at a police station for 11 hours because they complained about their daughter’s primary school.

Maxie Allen and his partner, Rosalind Levine, said they were arrested and detained on suspicion of harassment, malicious...

The nomination by Conservatives of the former chief inspector of schools has been met with outrage by the headteacher’s family, and called ‘obscene’ by school leaders

Amanda Spielman, Ofsted’s chief inspector when headteacher Ruth Perry took her own life after a bruising inspection, is poised to join the House of Lords after being nominated by the Conservatives, the Observer can...

A man with dementia was persuaded by his granddaughter to give her financial control of his affairs.

Clearer advice is needed on how to make campuses inclusive without falling foul of free speech regulations, the National Union of students has said.

State department shares new standard for denials based on social media posts, financial donations and memberships

The United States has ordered consular offices to significantly expand their screening processes for student visa applicants, including through comprehensive social media investigations, to exclude people they deem to support terrorism.

A state department cable from 25 March,...

The island, with the seventh-largest school district in the US, is unusually reliant on federal funding

Maraida Caraballo Martínez has been an educator in Puerto Rico for 28 years and the principal of the elementary school Escuela de la Comunidad Jaime C Rodriguez for the past seven. She never knows how much money her school in Yabucoa will receive from the government each year because it...

The NAO has suggested that more popular vocational qualifications should be retained until T-levels can be fully evaluated

Popular sixth-form vocational qualifications such as BTecs should be retained until the success of T-level qualifications can be fully evaluated, the National Audit Office (NAO) has suggested.

In its investigation into the introduction of the new qualification launched in...

Vice-chancellor Sasha Roseneil accuses Office for Students of seeking to ‘persecute’ rather than solve problems

The University of Sussex is taking legal action to overturn a record fine levied by England’s higher education regulator, accusing the regulator of seeking to “persecute” it rather than solve problems.

This week the Office for Students (OfS) said it would fine Sussex £585,000 for two...

There were 8,000 more secondary pupils in special schools than places in 2023-24, official figures show.

After pulling out of the market Squid is charging parents who want to withdraw their remaining funds

A payments company that was used by parents to pay for school dinners has drawn criticism for charging them £10 to withdraw the remaining funds in their accounts after it pulled out of the market.

Squid, which was used by 600 schools around the UK to take payments, stopped its service earlier...