Education

Changing the world, a dinner at a time

12 hours 10 min ago

Can posh restaurants and top chefs also win a competition for social activism?

Young can 'only read digital clocks'

Tue, 04/24/2018 - 18:08

Teachers say traditional clocks are being taken out of exam halls for pupils who need digital formats.

Universities minister's own student rent debt bailout

Tue, 04/24/2018 - 13:19

Universities minister Sam Gyimah says he could have been thrown out of university without a bailout for his rent.

Food bank charity gives record level of supplies

Tue, 04/24/2018 - 01:03

The UK's biggest food bank network gave out 1.3 million three-day emergency food supplies last year.

US teachers are angry – and they're running for office

Mon, 04/23/2018 - 21:45

Massive teacher protests have shut down schools across the US - and prompted some to run for office.

Extreme haircut ban school cuts staff

Mon, 04/23/2018 - 19:04

Trust "wants to shut ICT and design technology departments" at Great Yarmouth academy as rolls fall.

Royal baby: What's it like growing up as a third child?

Mon, 04/23/2018 - 13:31

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have had a third child, but what difference does birth order make?

£6m pledge for children of alcoholics

Mon, 04/23/2018 - 07:59

The government funding will go towards mental health services and outreach programmes for parents.

Jacinda Ardern: I don't mind the interest in my pregnancy

Mon, 04/23/2018 - 01:19

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern talks exclusively to the BBC about how she'll juggle a baby with politics.

Welsh language row over Anglesey school closures plan

Mon, 04/23/2018 - 00:07

The plans are being rushed through before new rules give rural schools more protection, campaigners say.

Two-child benefit limit lawful, court rules

Fri, 04/20/2018 - 16:19

Families lose legal challenge to government over limiting some benefits to first two children.

School denies charging pupils for water in heatwave

Fri, 04/20/2018 - 10:53

Onslow St Audrey's School in Hatfield said no child would ever be refused access to water.

Poorest families 'going without food or power'

Fri, 04/20/2018 - 08:38

Citizens Advice says hundreds of thousands of UK families cannot afford to put money in their meters.

Should twins be taught separately?

Thu, 04/19/2018 - 12:49

A study suggests not - and says there should be no strict rules about separating twins at school.

'My teacher saved me from suicide'

Thu, 04/19/2018 - 03:10

Now 26, Hati Sparey-South is herself training as a teacher, determined to help today's pupils.

Narrow vocabulary 'hits pupils' grades'

Thu, 04/19/2018 - 00:14

Research suggests four out of 10 pupils in their first year of secondary have limited vocabulary.

Manchester 'snack' teenager explains his viral head boy campaign video

Wed, 04/18/2018 - 23:42

Chilombo's comical take on running for head boy has been viewed more than a million times on Twitter.

Governors quit free school where no pupils did GCSEs

Wed, 04/18/2018 - 14:53

An Ofsted inspection last year rated Route 39 Academy inadequate in all areas.

Student loans interest rate to rise in line with inflation

Wed, 04/18/2018 - 13:51

Rates charged on student loans will go up from 6.1% to 6.3% from September.

'It's not just women who sometimes regret parenthood'

Wed, 04/18/2018 - 10:16

One father believes his friends without children tend to be the happiest.