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A-level textbook withdrawn over ‘inappropriate’ Native American question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
Roger Boore obituary
Other lives: Welsh-language publisher and author who founded the Welsh publishing house Dref Wen
Cultural prescription: plays, films, books and more to help you start university
From Educating Rita to The Secret History, Guardian critics suggest some comfort viewing and listening to take on campus
Pennsylvania school district reverses ban on books by authors of colour
The Central York school board has gone back on its decision to bar a list of titles by or about people of colour from being used as educational resources
Grace Hallworth obituary
Other lives: Children’s librarian and storyteller who was part of an ancient tradition that stretches from the Caribbean to Connemara
Mary Beard: ‘If we want to understand what we went through in the pandemic, we need the arts’
The classicist on owning her TV image, dealing with internet trolls, and why her new book on Roman emperors sheds light on our preoccupation with statues
Wonderworks by Angus Fletcher review – the power of invention
A close analysis of the science of stories reveals literature’s ability to change its readers, and the world
Passing the ‘chimp test’: how women were key to the birth of language
How did humans learn to talk and why haven’t chimpanzees followed suit? Linguistics expert Sverker Johansson busts some chauvinist myths
Forever Free review: how education fails Black children – and how to put it right
Tracy Swinton Bailey has written an inspiring book about Freedom Readers and how to use literacy for good
Society of Authors distances itself from Philip Pullman’s tweets
The UK’s largest trade union for writers emphasised its anti-racist stance after its president, Pullman, showed support for Kate Clanchy on social media
Kate Clanchy to rewrite memoir amid criticism of ‘racist and ableist tropes’
Poet and teacher has apologised for ‘overreacting’ to scrutiny of book’s portrayals of autistic pupils and children of colour