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A nine-year-old boy walks into class with a rock, which his granny brought from the Arizona desert. What does his teacher do? Tell him to put the rock away because of health and safety; save it for a “show and tell” session later in the day; or build a class project around it?
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Table tennis, that most understated of Olympic sports, has been introduced in one of Britain’s poorest areas to give pre-teens the chance to lead a successful, fulfilling and healthy life.
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New research published yesterday shows that students who want to get a good job that pays well should apply to an institution belonging to the Russell Group or 1994 Group of universities.
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Are girls better off in single-sex or co-educational schools? The answer to this old question seems to be swinging again in favour of girls-only schools. Vicky Tuck, the president of the Girls’ School Association, is predicting a return to single-sex schooling on the grounds that girls learn differently from boys. Now Sarah McCarthy-Fry, the new [...]
Could the United Kingdom produce its own Barack Obama as Prime Minister? The question nags away in our minds as we contemplate a new world graced by the first black president of the United States. Obama’s election was social mobility at its most dramatic and inspiring, a welcome ray of hope in these gloomy [...]