Education News
- The Guardian view on a four-day week for teachers: a clever way to end the staffing crisis December 3, 2025England’s teacher shortage is fuelled by burnout and unpaid overtime. New working patterns would help without compromising resultsCan you guess which professionals in England work 26 hours of overtime a week without compensation, give up time with friends and family to deal with the workload and often find themselves on call in the holidays? Not […]Editorial
- Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’ December 3, 2025When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists. The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying – and the rise of Donald TrumpIt takes balls to title your book Notes on Being a Man. And, superficially, Scott […]Steve Rose
- New data reveals Australia’s high-achieving Naplan schools for this year December 2, 2025Among them is Carlingford West public school in NSW, where 96% of students speak a language other than English. Teachers say diversity helps the school thriveFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Ziyan Lin arrived at Carlingford West public school to start year […]Caitlin Cassidy
- The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’ December 2, 2025The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast‘It worries me that it’s so normalised. He obviously wasn’t hiding it. He didn’t feel this was something he shouldn’t be doing. It […]Sally Weale
- Teachers and parents in England: would you like a four-day working week to be introduced at your school? December 2, 2025Campaigners are urging the government to allow schools to pilot shorter working weeks and we’d like to hear views of teachers and parents in EnglandThere is a recruitment and retention crisis in England’s schools. Teachers are quitting the profession in droves, complaining of worsening pupil behaviour, stagnant pay and inflexible working practices. Vacancies are often […]Guardian community team
- Folktales review – taking on tyranny of social media as teens learn to live like hunter-gatherers December 2, 2025In this documentary, high schoolers camp out in subzero temperatures, making their own fires and driving sledges in the wildThe Pasvik Folk high school in remote northern Norway teaches teenagers to grow as young adults and escape the pressures of toxic social media by challenging them to get back in touch with their “stone age […]Peter Bradshaw
- Is AI making us stupid? – podcast December 2, 2025Artificial intelligence can execute tasks in seconds that once took humans hours, if not days to complete. While this may be great for productivity, some researchers are concerned that our increasing use of AI could be impacting our ability to tackle difficult problems and think critically. To find out where the science stands, and how […]Presented by Ian Sample, with Madeleine Finlay, produced by Madeleine Finlay, sound design by Joel Cox, the executive producer is Ellie Bury
- UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme December 1, 2025Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for moneyThe UK is hoping to secure an agreement within weeks to rejoin the EU’s flagship student mobility programme, as part of a drive to pursue closer relations with Brussels after a setback on defence.Negotiators are aiming to finalise […]Eleni Courea and Kiran Stacey
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