Sheila Oglethorpe obituary
My mother, Sheila Oglethorpe, who has died aged 86, was a respected specialist in the field of teaching music to children with dyslexia. After nearly 40 years of teaching the …
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The teacher who decided to ‘unschool’ her own children
Teacher and home educator Anna Dusseau was happy to give advice to parents on home schooling in a radio interview during the Covid-19 lockdown – until the presenter cut her …
Colorado school reopenings: Science points to in-person learning as safe amid COVID-19 pandemic
As school districts across Colorado grapple with how to re-open amid an ongoing global pandemic, the state’s largest teachers union insists that any decision to return to in-person learning needs …
Labour would ‘rescue any university going bust’
Labour says it would not allow any university in England to go bust. There have been warnings of universities facing financial problems during the pandemic. But Kate Green, shadow education …
Peter Rushton obituary
My friend Peter Rushton, who has died aged 68 of a heart attack, joined Sunderland Polytechnic (now Sunderland University) in 1979 after working for a short while at Wrexham Glyndŵr …
Huge rise in reports of online child abuse images
Reports of child abuse images online increased by almost 50% during lockdown, according to the Internet Watch Foundation. In the 11 weeks from 23 March, its hotline logged 44,809 reports …
Colorado law school grads can skip bar, start work as limited-capacity attorneys
Law school graduates who don’t want to take Colorado’s in-person bar exam this month over COVID-19 fears can switch to the February test and, in the meantime, begin work as …
Black British history: the row over the school curriculum in England
In Britain, one focus of the Black Lives Matter movement has been how we tell the history of the country. Beyond the protests about statues, young people have been campaigning …
Back-to-school strategy is lazy and flawed
While the ambition to get schools fully operational again by September is necessary and sensible (School subjects may be retaught, dropped or narrowed in England, 2 July), simply to extend …
Back to school: what can pupils in England expect from September?
After months of disruption, the government has said it will be compulsory for all pupils in England to return to school from September. New guidance has been published, offering advice …