How Iran draws citizens into political surveillance
Informant culture is so embedded in everyday Iranian life that there are common Persian terms to describe it.
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Even more tests for most tested children in the world
Testing times ahead for four-year-olds as new starters face ‘harmful’ assessments within six weeks of starting school.
Special needs children asked to stay home when inspectors call
A relentless focus on test results is alienating children with special needs.
The lessons teachers think schools need to learn from the pandemic
Teachers thought there should be less focus on assessments.
A decade after the riots, France has rewritten its colonial history
France’s colonial legacy remains an uncomfortable subject.
To reach net zero the world still needs mining. After 26 years, here’s what I’ve learned about this ‘evil’ industry
Our prospects of a better, fairer future are inextricably linked with the minerals and metals beneath our feet. Is it time to make peace with the industry that extracts them?
GCSE and A‑level results have seen record grade inflation – here’s why that doesn’t matter
The way students have been marked has changed, but that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve their grades.
Are the tables turning in Michael Gove’s war on teacher unions?
The Easter holidays have arrived, heralding the start of teacher union conference season. These are always important events, not least because according to research commissioned by the government, 97…
A levels: government’s U‑turn has left universities in the lurch
Universities now face more financial uncertainty.
Teachers in England accept pay settlement, but the issues causing so many vacancies have not gone away
Teachers may feel that the government could have gone further.