Printed encyclopedias were once a rare source of knowledge. But no more

Ian Jack: Information – 'the sum of human knowledge' – had a different shape in the era of the printed encyclopedia

Roddy Doyle: the joy of teaching children to write

Inspired by his friend Dave Eggers, Irish novelist Roddy Doyle set up Fighting Words to nurture the creative skills of deprived children – with a little help from some big names

Sorry, there’s no such thing as ‘correct grammar’

Michael Rosen: Martin Gwynne may have fun telling people the rules of grammar, but language is owned and controlled by everybody

Why I said yes to Professor Self

Will Self: The prospect of working at a university with people who pursue knowledge for its intrinsic value is truly liberating

Joan Foster obituary

Other lives: Energetic teacher and local historian who specialised in children's lives in Newcastle

Academic ebooks can succeed but publishers must play their part

The era of academic ebooks is imminent, says Jonathan Wolff, but there are still improvements to be made

What Are Universities For? by Stefan Collini – review

Stefan Collini's defence of universities is heavy on hand-wringing and light on real answers, writes Peter Conrad

Teaching council drop Miss Rusty case

Relief for Leonora Rustamova as the General Teaching Council drops the case against her

Oceanhouse Media talks Dr. Seuss, book-apps and mobile edutainment

Stuart Dredge: President Michel Kripalani is keen to avoid 'predatory' in-app purchase models

10 books to help boost young boys’ reading

Young boys are often 'reluctant readers', so to help meet the government's aim to get more children reading, here is a Top 10 of books for boys, as chosen by expert Ellen Ainsworth

Literacy problems show Charles Dickens’s world persists, says minister

Schools minister Nick Gibb says literacy problems are still 'heavily orientated towards poorest'

How to teach … Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens would have been 200 years old on Tuesday 7 February. To mark the bicentenary, the Guardian Teacher Network has materials to help you bring his work to life for children