COVID: why we should stop testing in schools
Children should only be excluded from school if they are unwell.
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Children link accents with intelligence from the age of five, says study
Five-year-olds showed a strong association between a standard southern English accent and intelligence.
Who has achieved most out of the coalition – the Tories or Lib Dems?
Some small victories aside, neither party comes out shining.
One small law reform could bring justice to hundreds of child abuse victims
At last, one of the biggest obstacles to suing the perpetrators of historic child abuse could be on the way out.
We’re stuck with the same debates about childcare as half a century ago
Despite big changes in childcare policy at the end of the 20th century, we’re asking many of the same questions as in the 1960s.
No proof music lessons make children any smarter
Turns out children don’t necessarily become smarter just because they have learned how to play the piano or sing in a choir.
Two‑thirds of singles in their 20s now live with their parents – here’s how it affects their lives
Young people can make big savings living with their parents, but it throws up some thorny issues.
First job for the next education minister: avoid a teacher strike over school budgets
The next government may have a teachers’ strike on its hands within months if it fails to address what unions have called a schools funding crisis. The National Union of Teachers has backed a motion to…
RSV: we finally have a vaccine for this deadly virus
The first vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus is 83% effective.
Greta Thunberg is far from the only neurodivergent climate activist – many who see the world differently also want to change it
Activists with autism, bipolar disorder and other conditions spoke about finding purpose in environmental activism.