‘The public stigmatizes them’: what it’s like being a teacher in America
A new book focuses on three teachers working in the US and the many difficulties they face in an increasingly untenable system
The big idea: how can England’s universities survive?
The government’s laissez-faire approach has imperilled the whole system. It’s time for a radical rethink
The teacher who saved my life: Terri White goes back to school
As a young child, Terri White’s home was a place of sexual violence and fear. But there was always one place she felt safe: school. Here she confronts her past – and meets the teacher who never let her down
Poetry can move souls and thrum hearts: why wouldn’t we teach our children about it?
A dispiriting new survey has found that nearly a quarter of schools teach poetry only once a year or less. What a shame that is, says children’s laureate, Joseph Coelho
Many UK primary schoolchildren ‘drastically’ missing out on poetry
Research in January by Macmillan and CLPE found limited books and lack of teacher support means majority study or hear poetry less than once a week
The world can be overwhelming for children – that’s why I’ve reduced it to 100 people
My book makes daunting statistics easy to understand, opening young people up to different ways of thinking about the world, says children’s writer Jackie McCann
A moment that changed me: I was a personal trainer – then my teenage cousin pushed me to go to university
The tutor on my exercise science course pointed me towards literature, and I began to read voraciously. It was the start of a love affair that led to my first novel
The Guardian view on children’s reading: a gift that should be for all
Editorial: With stressed families less likely to have time and money to spare for books, young readers are losing out. It’s time to boost school libraries
Books by female authors studied by just 2% of GCSE pupils, finds study
Campaigners urge exam boards to diversify English literature set texts to challenge rising misogyny
Cost-of-living crisis: one in five parents spend less on books for their children
Survey of more than 3,000 parents across Great Britain found 40% are struggling financially, with parents increasingly relying on school libraries
Who’s going to be triggered by Northanger Abbey? It’s hardly Game of Thrones
Greenwich University is warning students to prepare themselves for the ‘toxic friendships’ Jane Austen satirises in her novel
Jean Blondel obituary
Political scientist whose radical approach and professorship at Essex University transformed the study of government
Are you bored yet? Maybe it is time to write that great novel – here are some tips to get going
That book, memoir or screenplay is not going to write itself. Take some time away from the festivities, follow these exercises and that masterpiece could be on its way
Children’s authors of colour published in UK rose to 11.7% of market in 2021
BookTrust research shows, however, that the overall picture ‘remains far from representative’ with some writers and illustrators reporting tokenism
To change our future, we should change how we teach history to children
We adults may not be able to unlearn the damaging stories we were told, but we can halt their march through the generations, says author Yuval Noah Harari