Children’s toothpaste: the facts
Beyond the shiny cartoon characters and bubble gum flavouring, there’s little reason to buy these products – and often several reasons not to.
Primary Results
We Do Not Part by Han Kang: a haunting story which forces the reader to remember a horrific incident in Korea’s past that it tried to erase
This dizzying tale of family tragedy and memory forces the reader to face the horrors of the Jeju 4.3 massacre.
Explainer: can schools ask for donations to secure a place?
The admissions procedure of the school chosen by the Camerons and Goves for their daughters has come under fire.
Where have 30 years of parental choice left school admissions?
Schools are complying with the letter of the law when it comes to admissions. But is the system working?
Humans evolved to share beds – how your sleeping companions may affect you now
Your partner can affect how deeply you sleep.
Growth of academies and free schools reinforces student segregation
Each new administration tends to try to improve compulsory education by introducing a new and purportedly better type of school. The current government has at least three, and is pushing vocational schools…
Blaming the Baby Boomers does today’s young people no favours
It’s become fashionable to blame those born in the post-war baby boom for all today’s economic woes. But this is unfair – and wrong.
Eyewitness: the Rohingya horrors and Aung San Suu Kyi’s whitewash
All the signs were there when I was living in Myanmar at the rosiest moment in the transition to democracy.
Nicky Morgan’s pursuit of knowledge is diluted by the obsession with ‘British values’
Those who have agitated for subject knowledge, rather than skills, to be the focus of the national curriculum, may have been pleased to hear the secretary of state for education, Nicky Morgan, following…
How parents should talk to their children about sex
Start early and choose teachable moments over a ‘big talk’.