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.)
Education
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.
School recovers after 75% of pupils left over Raac
Stourview Primary Academy says it is thriving again after it dropped from 85 pupils to fewer than 20.
Girl, 17, joins lawsuit against government after seeing horrific phone videos at school
Flossie McShea from Devon says she saw a shooting, a beheading and porn and that other students ‘show you their screen without invitation’
A 17-year-old girl who says she was exposed to horrific images and videos including porn, a shooting and a beheading on a smartphones during the school day has joined a legal action against the education secretary.
Flossie McShea, from Devon, says she also...
Banning Social Media
More schools and governments are turning to tech bans to try to keep kids off screens. Do they work?
Book Review: ‘The History of Money,’ by David McWilliams
Learned, lively and often irreverent, David McWilliams’s “The History of Money” is rich with surprising details about currency, then and now.
Israeli Academics Find Themselves Isolated Despite Gaza Cease-Fire
Boycotts of Israeli universities, largely imposed in Europe, have multiplied since the start of the war and reflect Israel’s international isolation over its conduct in Gaza.
Royal College of Psychiatrists faces member backlash over Qatar partnership
More than 150 psychiatrists sign letter condemning contract to host exams in country with well-documented human rights abuses
The Royal College of Psychiatrists is facing a backlash from members over a controversial partnership with Qatar’s state healthcare provider.
The college has signed a contract with the state-owned Hamad Medical Corporation to host international exams in Doha, enabling...
Three arrested after school emergency lockdown
Police say two teenagers and a man are arrested on suspicion of an imitation firearm.
Among Mamdani’s Many Upcoming Challenges: Fixing New York City’s Schools
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect, will encounter dwindling enrollment, lackluster reading scores and federal officials spoiling for a fight.
Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Officials on Partisan Email Messages
The email accounts of furloughed government workers had been commandeered to send partisan attacks against Democrats, a move that the ruling said had “added insult to injury.”
Virginia Teen Narrowly Defeats Former Civics Teacher in County Election
Cameran Drew, 19, defeated his former high school government teacher, Kenneth Bell, by 10 votes for a seat on the Surry County Board of Supervisors this week. There are no hard feelings.
Students and faculty at over 100 US universities protest against Trump’s attacks
Student, national and local groups across US organized day of action to condemn Trump’s assault on academic freedom
Students, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses across the US rallied against the Trump administration’s assault on higher education on Friday – the first in a planned series of nationwide, coordinated protests that organizers hope will culminate in large-scale students...