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• Meta settles major social media addiction lawsuit with school district May 21, 2026
  Kentucky is one of about 1,200 school districts across the US that have each sued Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTubeMeta agreed to settle a major lawsuit on Thursday with a school district in Kentucky over claims that its social networks are designed to be addictive, leading to harm in children. The settlement comes less than […]
  Dara Kerr
• ‘It’s put the joy levels up’: the flood-prone London school with a climate-adapted playground May 21, 2026
  When pupils could no longer play outside, St John’s school in Barnet decided to act, enlisting Trees for Cities to help rethink its outside spaceThe play area at St John’s Church of England primary in Barnet, north London, used to flood so severely it was often unusable. “It would get so bad that the children […]
  Tom Duggins
• Struggling with the nine times table? I have a failsafe method | Adrian Chiles May 21, 2026
  Apparently, nines are the hardest to grasp for primary school children. If only they’d learned how to cheat like meMaths was never my thing. I quite enjoyed it at O-level, to the extent that I chose to do it at A-level. As early as the first week of the A-level course, however, it became abundantly […]
  Adrian Chiles
• Schools are ‘pipeline’ to joblessness for many people, says ex-Labour adviser May 21, 2026
  Ban social media and reform education to tackle scandal of young people not in work or study, says Peter HymanSchools have become a “pipeline” to worklessness for a large cohort of young people in the UK, according to an influential former Labour adviser who has called for urgent action to help a “lost generation”.Peter Hyman, […]
  Alexandra Topping and Richard Partington
• British Council staff in Italy to strike over proposed 80% workforce cut May 20, 2026
  Soft power institution faces funding crisis linked to Covid-era government loan due to be repaid by SeptemberStaff at the British Council in Italy will go on strike over deep cuts that would slash about 80% of its workforce due to a funding crisis facing the organisation.Out of 130 of its teaching staff across Rome, Milan […]
  Caroline Davies
• Harvard College will limit the number of students who can receive A grades May 20, 2026
  Mandatory cap on top grades at one of America’s most prestigious colleges will go into effect in fall of 2027Harvard faculty has voted to impose a roughly 20% cap on A grades in an effort to curb decades of grade inflation that, the faculty argues, degrades the value of top-tier academic achievement at the college.The […]
  Edward Helmore
• ‘Attainment at all costs’ approach could undermine Send changes, school leaders in England say May 20, 2026
  Union says emphasis on academic goals conflicts with proposed measures on special educational needs provisionChanges to special educational needs provision in England could be thwarted by “academic attainment at all costs” policies that prioritise exam results and punish inclusive schools, headteachers have said in response to a government consultation.The Association of School and College Leaders […]
  Richard Adams Education editor
• Children’s reading should prioritise pleasure over learning, says laureate May 19, 2026
  Frank Cottrell-Boyce tells MPs to focus on early-years reading, with more support for parents and nursery workersThe children’s laureate, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, has urged the government to prioritise pleasure over learning in children’s reading.Giving evidence to MPs on the education committee, which is investigating the decline in reading for pleasure among children, the screenwriter and novelist […]
  Sally Weale Education correspondent