Pick the habit: the best podcasts to get you into a new hobby
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Lalage Bown obituary
Adult educationist whose anthology Two Centuries of African English helped transform approaches to literature in the continent
‘Many hold Gove responsible’: education guru sets out what’s wrong with England’s schools
People are yearning for a new educational age, says Sir Tim Brighouse in his new book with Mick Waters
US conservative parents push for book bans – and unintentionally make reading cool again
Narratives about race, gender and inequality are being banned around the US – but sales are rising as the frenzy appears to cause the opposite effect
Marcus Rashford: ‘My life was far from a fairytale’
The England footballer, author and poverty campaigner on instilling self-belief in pupils at his old school, his favourite titles of 2021, and his hopes for his book club
Marcus Rashford to publish children’s novel The Breakfast Club Adventures
The footballer and campaigner is writing story with Alex Falase-Koya, drawing on his own memories of friendships made before starting the school day
A moment that changed me: when my beloved teacher taught us about mortal sin
I had impressed Mr Priamo with my passion for winning. In questioning his certainty I learned the eternal value of doubt and ambiguity
David Craig obituary
Other lives: Creative writing teacher, poet and a prolific writer on landscape, literature and social history
Nazis based their elite schools on top British private schools
Eton and Harrow among those whose ‘character-building’ qualities were admired by German educators in 1930s and 1940s
John Agard becomes first poet to win BookTrust lifetime achievement award
Reading charity pays tribute to ‘incredible words’ of Afro-Guyanese author, who came to Britain in 1977 where he has become a staple of English lessons
The big idea: should we leave the classroom behind?
The pandemic has driven a great leap forward in digital learning. Is there any point in looking back?
‘Chronic’ lack of investment in UK primary school libraries revealed
National Literacy Trust and Penguin Random House call for urgent action after report shows 40% of primary schools have no dedicated library budget
A-level textbook withdrawn over ‘inappropriate’ Native American question
USA 1865-1975: the Making of a Superpower asked whether treatment of Native Americans had been exaggerated
‘Give people money and they’re no longer poor, it’s not rocket science’: Sammy Wright of the Social Mobility Commission
Deputy headteacher from Sunderland – and new novelist – on levelling up and his advice to the incoming head of the commission
Betty Wood obituary
Other lives: Historian of slavery, gender and religion in America