Visiting Leiden, Canals and Charm Without the Crowds of Amsterdam
Leiden, a city whose university is often called the Oxford of the Netherlands, features museums, gardens, murals and plenty of ways to stretch your mind.
Education
Kindergartners With Chromebooks: 350 Teachers on How Screens Took Over School
Even as schools have banned phones, the pandemic-era practice of giving students their own laptops and tablets has remained.
College Romance Books That Will Make You Swoon
The explosive potential of those years makes every emotion more intense — and a perfect combo for rich storytelling.
‘I really enjoyed it’: new RSC curriculum brings Shakespeare’s works to life in UK classrooms
Starting with Macbeth, online platform using rehearsal-based teaching methods aims to transform study of the Bard
Act 1. Scene 1. A classroom in a secondary school in Peterborough. It is a dreary, wet afternoon. Pupils file into the room, take their seats and face the front.
These year 10 English students at Ormiston Bushfield academy are taking part in a workshop about Macbeth, part of a new...
Why Scotland’s teachers want 90 minutes back
Scotland’s teachers are preparing to vote on industrial action over workload and time spent in front of pupils.
Why the shake-up of school inspections risks causing new problems
Ofsted’s new ‘traffic light’ rating system comes into force this week – does this mark meaningful change or, as one expert puts it, ‘high level tinkering’?
All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms
Every school in England is to be issued with an AI-generated target for minimum pupil attendance, the government has announced, as part of its continuing efforts to tackle absence in the country’s classrooms.
Headteachers will be given the targets this month in an effort to boost...
Justice Department to Investigate Protests at Turning Point Event at Berkeley
The announcement came a day after protesters confronted attendees of a campus event hosted by Turning Point USA, the conservative group founded by Charlie Kirk.
Fresh strike action begins at city university
Union members at Sheffield Hallam Uni strike in a dispute over job losses, workload and welfare.
Teaching History in the Trump Era
Readers respond to an article about how the teaching of U.S. history is changing. Also: Democratic pragmatism; emergency care at risk.
UK 18- to 24-year-olds: we would like to hear your experiences of trying to find a job
Persistently high numbers of 16- to 24-year-olds are not in work or studying in the UK
Almost a million young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training (Neet).
This week, the government announced the launch of an independent investigation into the issue, which Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Pat McFadden has called a “crisis of opportunity”.
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Robert A.M. Stern Is Still Dreaming of a Fresh New York
The sharp-tongued architect and professor built Manhattan’s most luxurious towers, but his new book shuttles from Billionaires’ Row to the Bronx. (Plus, what he thinks of Rem and Zaha.)
The Guardian view on education reform: Labour risks missing its chance to change schools | Editorial
Ministers should encourage teachers who are keen to try new things before the new curriculum’s formal adoption
Much better to defer a white paper on special needs education in England than to announce plans in haste, only to be forced to withdraw them. This was the calculation behind the government’s decision to put off until next year its plans for reform in a vitally important and sensitive...
What is Ofsted and how will the new school ratings work?
The system is changing after the death of head Ruth Perry highlighted the pressure of inspections.
Democrat’s Win May Upend a Conservative Push in Virginia Universities
Supporters of Abigail Spanberger, Virginia’s governor-elect, say they expect her to reverse efforts to impose conservative priorities on the state’s prestigious public university system.
For the Children of Performa, the Sound of Art Is a Buzz and a Growl
An arts festival taps third- and fourth-graders to teach adults a thing or two about authenticity.
Book Review: ‘The American Revolution,’ by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns
In “The American Revolution,” an illustrated companion to a new documentary series, the conflict is global, gruesome and tearing us apart.
Make Medical School Three Years
Medicine shouldn’t be a career for the wealthy alone.
University staff to work to rule in job cuts row
The university is looking to save £30m amid rising costs and a fall in international student numbers.
Minister calls for Send investment at school visit
Georgia Gould says “too many families” feel they have to “really fight” for support.
No special school places and kids are ‘overlooked’
The council says the county’s special schools are full to capacity.