Costa winner Hannah Lowe: ‘Should teachers write about students? That question’s too categorical’

The teacher-turned-poet on getting into writing later in life, the ethics of poems about former students and how her years working in schools shaped her thinking

Cancel culture is real but it’s not the ‘woke mob’ you should worry about

Books deemed anti-church or containing LGBTQ issues are bring banned across the US at a terrifying rate by the conservative right, writes Arwa Mahdawi

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ‘may fuel dangerous Holocaust fallacies’

John Boyne’s story is used by more than a third of teachers in England in lessons on the Nazi genocide, a study found

Most English teachers want a more diverse syllabus, research finds

Survey of primary and secondary teachers shows overwhelming majority would like to teach more representative books

Pick the habit: the best podcasts to get you into a new hobby

Want to learn a language, start gardening, read more, or make running and meditation a habit for the new year? There’s a podcast for that …

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?