Dame Janet Nelson obituary
Historian who combined impeccable scholarship with a high degree of empathy towards figures past and present
Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure
National Literacy Trust finds only 35% of eight to 18-year-olds enjoy reading in their spare time, a sharp drop on last year to the lowest figure yet recorded
Joseph Rykwert obituary
Architectural writer who believed that buildings not be considered in isolation but as part of the fabric of a city
Where punk meets Catholicism: Andrea Modica’s portraits of 1980s schoolgirls
While a photography student at Yale, Modica visited her old school and found the captivating subject she’d been looking for: teens whose big hair, eyeliner and rolled-up skirts still radiate personality decades later
‘Could do better’ – Worst Witch author’s school reports just like Mildred’s
The family of the late Jill Murphy share the comments from unimpressed teachers that inspired her classic children’s series
How to put your phone down and get back into habit of reading books
After an English academic at Oxford complained about students’ attention spans, we get experts’ tips on enjoying the written word
Hamish MacGibbon obituary
Other lives: Educational publisher at Heinemann whose textbooks became market leaders in the UK and internationally
UK English curricula should focus on ‘inclusive and diverse’ stories, author says
Ex-children’s laureate Malorie Blackman says no student should feel English is irrelevant because they do not see themselves reflected in the literature
Exam Nation by Sammy Wright review – an essential lesson for Britain’s grade-obsessed education system
This entertaining, insightful study by a head teacher argues that schools have lost sight of the real point of learning and suggests ways to fix this
Anne Fine: children should be allowed to learn online instead of going to school
Former children’s laureate says rather than punishing absenteeism the UK’s education system should change
DoJ and 16 states back lawsuit targeting LGBTQ+ book ban in Georgia schools
Court briefs outline how book ban creates hostile environment including discrimination based on sex
Dozens of UK school librarians asked to remove LGBTQ+ books, survey finds
Index on Censorship said 53% of librarians polled had been asked to remove books – and that in more than half of those cases books were taken off shelves
Are studies of great authors doomed as fewer students take English literature at university?
Not only will literary criticism wither, but we risk losing the campus novel entirely
Exam Nation by Sammy Wright review – testing times
A teacher’s view of a schools system in crisis – and how we can fix it
The big idea: should we abolish exams?
At the moment, we use academic results to assign social worth. That has to change