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Branwen JeffreysEducation EditorBBCOfsted’s new ‘traffic light’ rating system for schools across England came into force this week – but does it mark meaningful change or, as…

Much better to defer a white paper on special needs education in England than to announce plans in haste, only to be forced to withdraw them.…

by Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report November 10, 2025 Even with the government shut down, lots of people are thinking about how to reimagine federal education…

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., departs a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Johnson has been working to rally House Republicans behind…

Special needs reforms for children in England could turn into “welfare reforms mark 2” unless the government can convince parents that it is not aiming to…

The Trump administration has already frozen $500 million in grant funding at UCLA. The University of California system is warning state lawmakers that federal funding cuts could…

With the change of season, ministers know they must get back on the front foot after weeks during which their opponents have made the political weather. The…

The World Health Organization has declared corporal punishment a global public health concern that causes serious harm to children’s physical and mental wellbeing, and can lead…

When Bob Hawke decided to host a summit in Canberra on the economic future of Australia, shortly after his election as prime minister in 1983, most…

Elon Musk’s X platform has said the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) is at risk of “seriously infringing” free speech as a row deepens over measures…