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Judge sides with Harvard and orders Trump to reverse billions in funding cuts – US politics live
Wednesday 3rd September 2025Federal judge in Boston orders reversal of administration’s cuts to more than $2...
UK parents and teachers: share your experiences of the use of screens in schools
Wednesday 3rd September 2025We would like to hear your views on technology and screens in schools, and what it’s like to teach in classrooms The use of screens technology in schools has grown from simply the use of computers and digital whiteboards...
How to protect US students from heat in schools – and is it time to rethink summer break?
Wednesday 3rd September 2025US schools were built for a cooler climate that no longer exists...
'Less of a stigma' on second-hand school uniforms
Wednesday 3rd September 2025A family with four children spends £800 on uniforms despite buying many in sales and from charity...
Send system hijacked by parents – Reform UK's Tice
Wednesday 3rd September 2025The Reform UK deputy leader says some children are receiving Send provision who do not need it...
Third prosecution for mum for son's school absence
Wednesday 3rd September 2025The court heard she accepted she had given up trying to get the boy, 16, to attend lessons...
Mother of Brianna Ghey joins Kate Winslet in call for smartphone ban in schools
Wednesday 3rd September 2025Esther Ghey urges government to implement legal ban and says current guidance creates ‘postcode lottery’Esther Ghey, the mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey, and the Oscar-winning actor Kate Winslet are calling on Keir Starmer to legally ban smartphones in schools, warning current guidance against allowing phones has created a “postcode lottery”...
Crackdown on international students could hurt struggling UK cities, thinktank warns
Wednesday 3rd September 2025The university sector, which is reliant on overseas students for a quarter of income, is key to economic activity in cities like Leicester and HullA crackdown on international students in Britain could hurt struggling cities where universities help power the local economy, the government has been warned...
'Parents are playing detective in battle for school bus passes'
Tuesday 2nd September 2025Families in villages near York miss out on free transport to secondary school, sometimes by metres...
Stolen pipes close school on first day of term
Tuesday 2nd September 2025Engineers are working to restore water supplies as quickly as possible, the head teacher says...
Quarter of schools in England lack a physics teacher, analysis finds
Tuesday 2nd September 2025Institute of Physics says ‘critical’ shortage means 700,000 pupils are deprived of a subject specialistA quarter of state secondary schools in England will start the new term with no dedicated physics teacher, with schools in poorer areas worst affected, analysis has found...
Tuesday briefing: It’s a new school year, but the same old problems persist for Britain’s schools
Tuesday 2nd September 2025In today’s newsletter: Poor teacher recruitment and retainment puts children on the back foot before they barely step in the classroomGood morning...
The Guardian view on free nursery places: risks as well as rewards must be monitored | Editorial
Monday 1st September 2025Ministers are giving working families more support, but not a new public serviceWith the change of season, ministers know they must get back on the front foot after weeks during which their opponents have made the political weather...
Badenoch urged to ‘come clean’ after doubt cast on Stanford University claim
Monday 1st September 2025Labour and Lib Dems ask Tory leader to clarify details of alleged offer after former admissions staff dispute accountLabour and the Liberal Democrats have called for Kemi Badenoch to come clean about her claims of an offer from Stanford University at the age of 16, after former admissions staff said she had described an impossible scenario...
Big tech has transformed the classroom – and parents are right to be worried | Velislava Hillman
Monday 1st September 2025I’ve examined how commercial technologies reshape education – often in ways parents instinctively resist, but are told to ignoreDr Velislava Hillman is an academic, teacher, writer and consultant on educational technology and policy...
I chose my Caesarean date to be eligible for 30 hours of funded childcare
Monday 1st September 2025Working parents are now able to access 30 hours of childcare per week, paid for by the government...
I chose my Caesarean date to be eligible for earlier childcare funding
Monday 1st September 2025Working parents are now able to access 30 hours of childcare per week, paid for by the government...
I’ve seen how big tech has transformed the classroom – and parents are right to be worried | Velislava Hillman
Monday 1st September 2025I’ve examined how commercial technologies reshape education – often in ways parents instinctively resist, but are told to ignoreDr Velislava Hillman is an academic, teacher, writer and consultant on educational technology and policy...
Pupils in England from low-income families ‘bounced out’ of costlier GCSEs
Monday 1st September 2025Survey says children avoiding subjects such as geography and languages because of fears about extra costsSecondary school pupils from low-income families are “bounced out” of studying subjects such as geography and languages because of fears about extra costs, according to a survey of children in England...
More parents to get childcare funding as nurseries struggle with demand
Monday 1st September 2025Working parents are now able to access 30 hours of childcare per week, paid for by the government...
Parents painting and fundraising to support schools
Monday 1st September 2025Schools in Banbury and Wallingford are relying on parents' help to improveRead full story...
More parents to get childcare funding as nurseries struggle with demand
Sunday 31st August 2025Working parents are now able to access 30 hours of childcare per week, paid for by the government...
The Guardian view on GCSE resits: admitting the problem is just the first step | Editorial
Sunday 31st August 2025The low pass rate in compulsory retakes is one of many challenges in 16-19 educationFor years, rigid rules and a shocking failure rate in compulsory GCSE retakes have been one of the exam system’s dirty secrets...
Bridget Phillipson: parents must do more about bad behaviour and attendance in schools
Sunday 31st August 2025Education secretary targets 800 schools as she attempts to turn around post-Covid trends with enhanced supportParents and caregivers “need to do more” to reverse post-Covid trends of poor attendance and behaviour in schools, the education secretary has said, announcing new measures to support schools in England before the start of the new school year...
First week 'critical' to avoid children missing school later, parents told
Sunday 31st August 2025Data suggests more than half of children who miss a day at the start of term become persistently absent...
Minister warns parents on school attendance ahead of new term
Sunday 31st August 2025It comes as the BBC finds children who missed some of the first week of school were more likely to be persistently absent...
First week 'critical' to avoid children missing school later, parents told
Saturday 30th August 2025Data suggests more than half of children who miss a day at the start of term become persistently absent...
How three-year-olds are helping teens back into school
Saturday 30th August 2025As school returns, we look at a scheme that pairs teenagers with toddlers from a local nursery in a bid to help increase school attendance...
Meet the three-year-olds helping anxious teens spend more time in school
Saturday 30th August 2025As school returns, we look at a scheme that pairs teenagers with toddlers from a local nursery in a bid to help increase school attendance...
Parents in England to pay more for school lunches as caterers blame rising costs
Saturday 30th August 2025As a new academic year begins providers say national insurance rises and food price inflation has forced up pricesParents across England are facing higher prices for school lunches as the new school year begins, with caterers blaming the government’s national insurance increase alongside rising food and energy costs...
‘So aware of their emotions’: Pupils are standout stars in new series about Yorkshire academy
Friday 29th August 2025Educating Yorkshire Part 2 shows inspirational teachers negotiating challenges in young people’s lives“Basically, there’s summat wrong with me...
The battle over US history reveals our education system’s key flaw | Katherine Kelaidis
Friday 29th August 2025By systematically devaluing the liberal arts, we are leaving students unprepared for the demands of democratic lifeNo part of the Trump 2...
Third of children do not play outdoors after school, UK research finds
Friday 29th August 2025Study finds outdoor play has positive effect on children’s social and emotional skillsOne in three children do not play outdoors after school and a fifth do not at the weekend, according to research that found outdoor play has a beneficial impact on young people’s developing social and emotional skills...
Inside the school refusal crisis: how a mother and her daughters survived a broken system
Thursday 28th August 2025Caro Giles had to home-educate three of her four daughters when they grew so distressed at the prospect of school that they made themselves ill...
'£150 for school uniform is money I don't really have'
Thursday 28th August 2025Two in five parents in the South East say they struggle to afford school uniform, a new poll says...
'My daughter should be in a special school but there is no space'
Thursday 28th August 2025Niamh was due to start primary school two weeks ago but is still waiting to find out if there is a suitable place...
School set to reopen for new term following fire
Thursday 28th August 2025Several fire crews had to be called after the fire broke out on the final day of the school year Read full story...
How working parents can get 30 hours of free childcare
Wednesday 27th August 2025Free childcare support for working parents varies across the UK, depending on the child's age...
Minneapolis mourns traumatizing Catholic school shooting: ‘We’re so tied together’
Wednesday 27th August 2025Tight-knit community rallies around church where assailant opened fire, killing two children and injuring 17Minneapolis shooting – latest updatesA young man carrying white flowers approached a police line a block away from the church and school on Wednesday where hours earlier an assailant opened fire on schoolchildren, blasting bullets through stained glass windows and killing two kids...
Back-to-school essentials: 21 tips, tricks and kit – from parents and kids
Wednesday 27th August 2025From sleep routines to parent WhatsApp groups, water bottles to bag charms, here’s what you need to get the kids back to school (and the stuff you don’t)• The best water bottles for leaks, looks and sustainabilityParents across the country are stocking up on uniforms, booking in shoe fittings and gearing up for the return to school...
Overdiagnosis of children overlooks that growing up is ‘messy and uneven’, says Jeremy Hunt
Wednesday 27th August 2025Former health secretary wants to see an overhaul of special educational needs and disabilities system in EnglandChildren and young people are being overdiagnosed with mental health conditions in a society that has lost sight of the reality that child development is “messy and uneven”, the former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said...
Back-to-school is never simple. Here’s how 10 US parents are navigating it
Wednesday 27th August 2025For a new series, 10 parents joined a WhatsApp group to discuss the challenges and joys of raising children“My biggest worry, just like many other parents, would be the uncertainty that the world brings when you’re not there,” said Christopher Cuzul, a sales manager at O’Reilly Auto Parts in Bakersfield, California...
US parents and teachers: share your experiences of AI in schools
Wednesday 27th August 2025We would like to hear what people think about the use of artificial intelligence in schools in the USStudents in grades K-12 have been invited by Melania Trump to take part in a nationwide contest designed to encourage the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help solve community issues...
White House threatens sex education funds unless states nix references to transgender people in curriculums
Wednesday 27th August 2025The Trump administration sent a letter demanding states, territories and DC ‘remove all references to gender ideology’The Trump administration has told US states and territories they will lose federal funding for their sex education programs if they do not remove references to transgender people...
Girl who stabbed teachers in Welsh school had been considered for Prevent
Wednesday 27th August 2025Multi-agency report says girl, 13, had fascination with Hitler, weapons and claimed to speak German and RussianA teenager who was interested in Adolf Hitler had been considered for referral to the anti-terror programme Prevent before she stabbed three people at her school, a report has revealed...
Tributes pour in for 'inspirational' school leader
Tuesday 26th August 2025Dave Baker, founder of the Olympus Academy Trust, held many senior roles in the education sector...
Trump administration to restore $6.8bn in education funds after multi-state suit
Tuesday 26th August 2025After lawsuit brought by AGs of 23 states, California AG Rob Bonta says agreement secured for funding to be restoredAfter a multi-state lawsuit over Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to freeze more than $6...
UK agriculture students: share your experiences
Tuesday 26th August 2025As applications to study farming-related courses at UK universities have risen, we would like to hear from students about their reasons for enrollingAgricultural colleges across the UK have seen a significant increase in applications for land management courses, according to the Times...
Texas schools that became flood ‘relief hubs’ welcome students back: ‘It’s OK to not be OK’
Tuesday 26th August 2025Educators across the country confronted with how to deal with children in their schools who experienced tragedySchools in parts of Texas reopened their doors two months earlier than planned this summer...
Blood, sweat and cigarettes – why there’s nothing cute about school uniform | Zoe Williams
Monday 25th August 2025The charm is intoxicating at first. But wait till their expensive kit is mired in mud, the blazer takes on a flammable sheen and the PE kit stinks up the houseThe first time you put your kid in school uniform, there’s an intoxicating charm to the moment...
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