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• Efforts to shut down pro-Palestinian speech face series of setbacks in court March 19, 2026
  Rulings in cases alleging antisemitism on US campuses say common pro-Palestinian speech is constitutionally protectedFew debates from the last few years have been more contentious than whether criticism of Israel and Zionism is antisemitic, threatens Jewish people or violates their civil rights. Allegations of antisemitism have cost people jobs, provided pretexts for censorship and fueled […]
  Tom Perkins
• Playing with dolls can help children develop imagination and social skills – UK study March 18, 2026
  Psychologists at Cardiff University and King’s College London compared children given dolls with those given video gamesPlaying along with dolls can help boys and girls develop more sophisticated imaginations and better social skills, compared with children who play on electronic devices, according to research.Psychologists at Cardiff University and King’s College London found that children given […]
  Richard Adams Education editor
• Say gay: feminist magazine reclaims Charlie Kirk-style campus tours after Florida DEI cuts March 18, 2026
  Florida restricted teaching around sex, gender and race. Lux is now giving students a forum for these issuesSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxOn a Tuesday night, at Florida’s only public liberal arts college, a small group of students gathered in a classroom to discuss issues deemed […]
  Lex McMenamin with photographs by Megan May in Sarasota, Florida
• Florida professors quietly defy restrictions on race and gender: ‘This is how authoritarianism works’ March 18, 2026
  Sociology faculty are refusing to alter syllabi, even as state targets how race, gender and inequality are taughtSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAcross Florida universities, some sociology professors are quietly choosing not to alter their courses in response to new state guidelines restricting how topics like […]
  Brianna Holt
• From the archive: ‘Parents are frightened for themselves and for their children’: an inspirational school in impossible times – podcast March 18, 2026
  We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.This week, from 2022: Austerity, the pandemic and now the cost of living crisis have left many schools in a parlous state. How hard do staff have to work to give kids the […]
  Written by Aida Edemariam and read by Lucy Scott. Originally produced and sound designed by Jessica Beck with additions by Nicola Alexandrou. The executive producer was Ellie Bury
• EU calls for urgent reboot in talks with UK to stop reset deal failing March 16, 2026
  Time is running out to find agreement on areas such as tuition fees EU citizens would pay in Britain and rules for food safetyThe EU is hoping to urgently reboot talks on the “reset” of relations with the UK as negotiations are in danger of foundering before a planned July summit.At a public meeting of […]
  Lisa O’Carroll in Brussels and Kiran Stacey in London
• Three-quarters of nine-month-olds in England have ‘daily screen time’ March 16, 2026
  Study shows average time on screens each day is 41 minutes, with some watching more than three hours a dayThree-quarters of nine-month-old babies in England are allowed daily screen time, while a small “heavy use” group watch more than three hours a day, according to a study.Just 2% of the infants included in the research […]
  Sally Weale Education correspondent
• The Guardian view on post-16 qualifications: the case for V-levels replacing BTecs is unproven | Editorial March 15, 2026
  Pausing the scrapping of existing qualifications was the right decision. But the wider battle over further education continuesThe government’s granting of a stay of execution to popular courses including health and business studies BTecs, while alternatives are developed, is a victory for common sense. It should not have taken a years‑long campaign by the college […]
  Editorial