Protesters into seventh day of hunger strike in support of Palestinians and in effort to demand university divestment A group of students at Yale University were on Friday into the seventh day ...
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/19/yale-students-hunger-strike-gaza-israel-war
Rising inflation and falling pupil numbers also forcing schools to cut spending on extracurricular activities Primary schools across England are having to shed staff and cancel trips and activi...
Remote proctoring tools have faced pushback at colleges over privacy and discrimination concerns, but their use in K-12 schools has attracted less scrutiny In the middle of night, students at U...
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/18/us-schools-anti-cheating-software-proctorio
Statement says it made clear to Michaela community school that ‘in winter it would not be possible to pray later’ One of the UK’s most prominent mosques has denied providing advice to the...
Charity that uses football to help pupils build relationships found to improve happiness in Greater Manchester project Intensive mentoring for troubled schoolchildren using football kickabouts ...
Minouche Shafik appeared beleaguered as House members grilled her over reported upsurge in antisemitism on campus The head of a prestigious US university clashed with members of Congress on Wed...
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/17/columbia-university-president-testimony
Some say more schools may ban organised prayer after court ruling but others say judgment was based on unique circumstances The ruling on a prayer ban at a top London school has created a “cl...
We would like to hear from Muslims in the UK about theirs or their children’s experiences of prayer at school A Muslim pupil has lost their high court appeal against Michaela community school...
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/17/tell-us-your-experience-of-prayer-at-school
My husband, Mick Ryan, who has died aged 82, was emeritus professor of penal politics at the University of Greenwich, in London. Mick joined what was then Thames Polytechnic in 1973 to teach poli...
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/17/mick-ryan-obituary
How one teacher wrestles meaning and relevance from classics of English literature It is a truth universally acknowledged that the books you studied at school are the ones that stick with you f...
But truancy and illness-related absences can be reversed with good sleeping habits and strong family ties, study suggests Young people who spend too much time online are more likely to miss sc...
Muslim pupil loses case against Michaela community school, run by former government social mobility tsar Katharine Birbalsingh A high court decision to uphold a prayer ban at one of the highest...
Teacher retention problems particularly acute in larger Mats, analysis finds Multi-academy trusts (Mats) in England have significantly higher annual turnover of classroom teachers at secondary ...
The Beaks are among the families in England and Wales who have faced fines over health-related school absences Chloe Beak lives with chronic, debilitating migraines that leave her unable to att...
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/15/parents-unwell-child-fear-truancy-prosecution
Arts education is essential – yet on both sides of the Atlantic, the humanities and critical thinking are under attack. With massive redundancies announced at this London institution, is it the...
Nancy Fraser, professor of philosophy at the New School, condemned killings in Gaza carried out by the Israeli military A leading Jewish American philosopher has been disinvited from taking up ...
Christine Gilbert will examine response to headteacher Ruth Perry’s suicide after her school was downgraded A former head of Ofsted is to lead a learning review into the inspectorate’s resp...
Women with symptoms are being penalised, National Education Union’s annual conference told The UK’s biggest teaching union is to lobby for menopause training to be made mandatory for all sc...
Union poll on school buildings also highlights sewage and wastewater leaks, overheating, severe cold and mould A survey by the UK’s biggest education union on the state of school buildings in...
Prof Julia Waters gives emotional speech at NEU conference and shares video of her late sister addressing pupils The sister of Ruth Perry, the headteacher who killed herself after an Ofsted ins...
We want to speak with teachers from Jamaica and other countries that have seen a rise in those moving to a job in England Schools in England are increasingly recruiting teachers from overseas ,...
Research recommends bonus to help retain staff and make up for lack of hybrid working opportunities Teachers should be given a pay bonus to compensate for their inability to work from home and ...
Long hours spent at desks and sofas leads to 21,000 deaths a year in the Netherlands from cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer The Dutch are perceived as a nation of healthy giants, leap...
With restaurants serving dinner until 1 am, we are outliers in Europe. But some are attacking calls for change as a loss of freedom Spain’s employment minister and deputy prime minister, Yola...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/15/spain-late-night-lifestyle-culture-workers
Record numbers are off sick, many others are on strike. But there is a way to turn the miserable business of working on its head James Timpson is the CEO of Timpson Looking around at the state ...
Find a course at one of the top universities in the country. Our league tables rank them all subject by subject, as well as by student satisfaction, staff numbers, spending and career prospects C...
Investigation finds center’s director, Martin Nowak, devoted a page to the disgraced wealthy financier on the center’s website Harvard University’s program for evolutionary dynamics is to...
After spending time in early years, the focus on assessment and structured learning in years 1 and 2 came as a shock Read more from the Secret Teacher One year, during Sats preparation , I wat...
A curriculum that teaches one side of the story risks creating a nationalistic generation with little interest in international issues Read more from the Secret Teacher The wedding of two peop...
Stress almost drove me out of the profession. But a change in leadership has helped me fall back in love with education Read more from the Secret Teacher Not so long ago, I was ready to quit t...
The quality of teaching will suffer if we keep losing experienced educators who help younger teachers like me to develop our practice Read more from the Secret Teacher There is a teacher at my...
Get our roundup of teaching news and highlights of our coverage, plus Guardian Jobs for educators The Guardian Teacher Network is the place for news, features and opinion about education and tea...
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – help a teacher decide how to escape a job that’s making them ill I’M DESPERATE TO GET OUT OF TEACHING. IT’S EXHAUSTING, STRESSFUL AND IS RU...
I feel trapped in a job I hate and carrying on is not an option. I have other skills, so how do I find my niche? Looking for a new career? Browse the latest exciting roles at Guardian Jobs WE ...
People with better social skills tend to out-earn their colleagues, but what can you do to build your emotional IQ? While IQ remains a very strong predictor of career success , our research sug...
https://www.theguardian.com/careers/2017/oct/17/secret-to-high-salary-emotional-intelligence
Do you wish you’d followed your childhood dream? Were there any risks you didn’t take? Tell us about your biggest career regrets Hindsight is a wonderful thing – but it can also shine an ...
Globetrotting for a year might be considered the dream, but remember to showcase the skills you gained on your CV and application forms Who doesn’t dream of taking off for months on end and s...
https://www.theguardian.com/careers/2017/aug/29/back-to-work-reviving-your-career-after-a-sabbatical
Thanks to inspiring and generous teachers on the social media site, my passion for my job has been renewed I’ve been using Twitter for six months and it’s already one of the best career dec...
Few people are brave enough to talk about mental health issues. I wasn’t and I passed up on perhaps the most ‘teachable moment’ of all Last year, I quit teaching. I had completed my NQT i...
https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2017/apr/15/secret-teacher-class-truth-mental-health
January is a popular time for people to quit their jobs. Our experts offer advice for people who want to take the leap Planning a career change? Explore the range of vacancies on Guardian Jobs a...
https://www.theguardian.com/careers/2017/jan/23/career-change-six-tips-finding-new-job
Minna Sundberg’s illustration maps the relationships between Indo-European and Uralic languages. The creator of the webcomic Stand Still. Stay Silent , put the illustration together to show why...
https://www.theguardian.com/education/gallery/2015/jan/23/a-language-family-tree-in-pictures
From 'apples and pears' to 'weep and wail', an A to Z of Cockney rhyming slang and the meanings behind the east end's most famous linguistic export Many of us know that "brown bread" is Cockney ...
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/09/guide-to-cockney-rhyming-slang