Education

Battle to save Britain’s libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain
Libraries Week

Battle to save Britain’s libraries as budget cuts, closures and austerity leaves future uncertain

Libraries change lives, as Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho knows. So, he got on his bamboo bike to join one in every local authority in the UK. Here’s why

Councils wasting millions in taxpayer cash fighting families of disabled kids – and losing
Education

Councils wasting millions in taxpayer cash fighting families of disabled kids – and losing

Councils wasted £60 million fighting parents over support for disabled children, writes Disabled Children’s Partnership’s Stephen Kingdom. It could have funded 10,000 mainstream school spaces for kids with additional needs

Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK’s biggest issues
Social mobility

Historian David Olusoga explains why breakdown of social mobility is one of UK’s biggest issues

TV historian David Olusoga calls for urgent action to reverse increasing inequality as he launches new series on the history of the United Kingdom

Child poverty: School staff seeing more and more children ‘too hungry to learn’
Child poverty

Child poverty: School staff seeing more and more children ‘too hungry to learn’

Education agents: Inside the murky and ‘unchecked’ £500m industry changing shape of UK universities
Education

Education agents: Inside the murky and ‘unchecked’ £500m industry changing shape of UK universities

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GCSE results day: Won’t someone think of the parents?
Sam Delaney

GCSE results day: Won’t someone think of the parents?

How youth centres can help thousands of young people unlock their potential and shine
Jamie Masraff

How youth centres can help thousands of young people unlock their potential and shine

Life was tough for the young Jax Jones. Then he found music
opinion

Life was tough for the young Jax Jones. Then he found music

Parents will ‘suffer’ balancing work and childcare as schools shut over concrete safety crisis
Schools

Parents will ‘suffer’ balancing work and childcare as schools shut over concrete safety crisis

Funding cuts in music education will destroy our cultural landscape
Education

Funding cuts in music education will destroy our cultural landscape

Teachers are too busy doing their jobs to give airtime to the culture wars
Education

Teachers are too busy doing their jobs to give airtime to the culture wars

Student loans: This generation is getting a raw deal
Education

Student loans: This generation is getting a raw deal

Are qualifications from British schools fit for purpose?
Education

Are qualifications from British schools fit for purpose?

‘We are paying for something we didn’t get’: The students taking their universities to court
Education

‘We are paying for something we didn’t get’: The students taking their universities to court

If we want the UK to be an education powerhouse, we must abandon old-school thinking
Paul McNamee

If we want the UK to be an education powerhouse, we must abandon old-school thinking

Two years after fleeing the Taliban, these Afghan evacuees are rebuilding their careers
Refugees

Two years after fleeing the Taliban, these Afghan evacuees are rebuilding their careers

Schools, hospitals and trains: Is the end of the strikes in sight?
Strikes

Schools, hospitals and trains: Is the end of the strikes in sight?

Arts funding in schools must be protected, or we all lose 
Victoria Jaquiss

Arts funding in schools must be protected, or we all lose 

‘I’m a survivor of teenage sexual assault. Supporting such children starts with educating the adults around them.’
Education

‘I’m a survivor of teenage sexual assault. Supporting such children starts with educating the adults around them.’

90,000 people sign open letter to Rishi Sunak demanding free school meals for all
Week of action

90,000 people sign open letter to Rishi Sunak demanding free school meals for all

Up to 250,000 ‘forgotten’ unpaid young adult carers facing homelessness
Carers

Up to 250,000 ‘forgotten’ unpaid young adult carers facing homelessness

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How much are teachers paid and why are they going on strike?
Teacher strikes

How much are teachers paid and why are they going on strike?

Teachers strike: ‘We walk out not just for pay, but for our most vulnerable pupils’
Nadeine Asbali

Teachers strike: ‘We walk out not just for pay, but for our most vulnerable pupils’

Rishi Sunak’s drive to extend maths until 18 will ‘set children up to fail’
Education

Rishi Sunak’s drive to extend maths until 18 will ‘set children up to fail’

Why are so many children vanishing from school?
Beth Prescott

Why are so many children vanishing from school?