Education News
- The ‘cockroaches’ marching on India’s government – podcast July 24, 2026South Asia correspondent Hannah Ellis-Petersen on the Cockroach movement – and the students driving India’s biggest protests in years‘I’ve never seen this many young people out on the streets,’ says Hannah Ellis-Petersen.For days, tens of thousands of Indians have been marching under the banner of the Cockroach Janta party. Continue reading...Presented by Helen Pidd with Hannah Ellis-Petersen; produced by Saskia Collette, Alex Atack and Brian McNamara; executive producer Eli Block
- The Guardian view on humanities cuts in universities: academic departments are more than cost centres | Editorial July 20, 2026Literature, the arts and social sciences must not be sacrificed as higher education funding is squeezed “I ask nothing more from you than to do what you have been doing. Go out into the fray and keep reading,” was Percival Everett’s advice when he addressed graduating students at Wesleyan university in Connecticut last summer. Fitting […]Editorial
- ‘Without this it’s all just tourists’: the fight to save Soho’s last primary school July 18, 2026Falling pupil numbers have left ‘unique’ London school facing an uncertain future, but its supporters have ambitious plansSandwiched between a strip club, a West End theatre and a pub might not be the most obvious location for a school but Soho Parish C of E primary has thrived for decades among the colourful charms of […]Richard Adams Education editor
- The school holidays are here – let’s play ‘arguing over screen time’: the Stephen Collins cartoon July 17, 2026Continue reading...Stephen Collins
- ‘I’m sorry but I’m unable to speak’: hero of India’s Cockroach party weakens on 19th day of hunger strike July 17, 2026The climate activist and engineer Sonam Wangchuk, who has become the figurehead of anti-government protests in Delhi, is resisting calls to end his fast until the education minister resignsAs night falls on day 18 of his hunger strike, the lack of any sustenance except water shows. It is 7pm and Sonam Wangchuk looks weak. A […]Amrit Dhillon in Delhi
- National Year of Reading should extend to a decade, inquiry says July 16, 2026The education committee also proposed a National Reading Guarantee, ensuring all children have frequent opportunities to enjoy readingThe National Year of Reading should be extended to a National Decade of Reading, an education committee inquiry into reading for pleasure has concluded.The government should also commit to a National Reading Guarantee that would ensure all children […]Ella Creamer
- Private schools offer 41% more tree shade than state schools in England July 16, 2026Analysis reveals stark socioeconomic divide, with schools with highest free school meal eligibility having fewer treesPrivate school grounds in England offer 41% more tree cover than at state schools for cooling and shade in extreme temperatures, research has found.As teachers and students prepare to take their summer holidays after weeks of high temperatures where some […]Sandra Laville
- The federal government isn’t America’s only authoritarian institution | Jan-Werner Müller July 16, 2026Backlash at Yale to its negotiations with Trump shine a light on the danger of smaller authoritarian structures in civil societyAs news started to spread of Yale’s leadership negotiating a deal with the Trump administration, the university’s faculty, students and alumni sprang into action to oppose any settlement. What the president and lawyers intend remains […]Jan-Werner Müller
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