Parent files police complaint after teacher reads Ender’s Game to pupils
A teacher in South Carolina is on adminstrative leave after the parent of a 14-year-old complained that Orson Scott Card's classic novel was 'pornographic'
Don’t let children lose sight of the pleasure principle
Frank Cottrell Boyce: As Plan B made clear at TEDx, stories should be an essential part of inspiring young people
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
Ian Simpson obituary
Painter and educator who democratised and demystified the world of art