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  • a man in a blue suit speaks from behind a lectern

    Morehouse students criticize Biden as commencement speaker: ‘A political pawn to get Black votes’

    Students react to school’s invitation to president to speak while authorities crack down on campus protests across US
  • A woman is arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas in Austin,

    Dozens arrested in California and Texas as campus administrators move to shut down protests – as it happened

  • Police officer arrests man wearing scarf and sunglasses

    Fox journalist among dozens arrested at Texas university as protests swell

  • Ruth Perry family furious as Ofsted single-word ratings are retained

  • Pupils in England ‘facing worst exam results in decades’ after Covid closures

  • England childcare scheme may struggle to deliver places, finds ‘damning’ report

  • The expansion of free childcare has been a Tory-fied mess of a bright Labour idea

    Polly Toynbee
  • Dozens arrested at Yale and NYU as pro-Palestinian student protests spread

  • ‘I was only able to go on stage hammered’: David Harewood on acting, racism and his new role at Rada

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  • Morehouse College campus gate.

    Biden’s planned Morehouse College commencement speech spurs alumni protest

  • Student protesters on campus

    Israel, Gaza and divestment: why are Columbia students protesting?

    • Rosie Anfilogoff

      Higher education was easily accessible to disabled people during Covid. Why are we being shut out now?

      Rosie Anfilogoff
    • Goldsmiths, University of London, in New Cross

      The Goldsmiths crisis: how cuts and culture wars sent universities into a death spiral

    • Jane Ohlmeyer and colleagues examine documents

      How the dung queen of Dublin was swept from history

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In depth

  • Maxine Nwaneri - Author - shot for OM

    ‘I now know that anything is possible’: from a women’s shelter to Cambridge University

  • Muslim student loses prayer ban challenge at Michaela school, Wembley, London, UK - 16 Apr 2024<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by James Veysey/REX/Shutterstock (14438163c) A general view of Michaela school in London. A Muslim student at Michaela school has lost a High Court challenge against its ban on prayer rituals. Muslim student loses prayer ban challenge at Michaela school, Wembley, London, UK - 16 Apr 2024

    ‘Soaked and muddy’: British Muslims tell their stories of prayer at school

    Students speak out after a pupil lost her legal challenge against a top London school after it brought in a ban to promote social cohesion
  • ‘It’s always strange in a virtual setting – it’s like you’re watching yourself take the test in the mirror.’

    Are your kids being spied on? The rise of anti-cheating software in US schools

    Remote proctoring tools have faced pushback at colleges over privacy and discrimination concerns, but their use in K-12 schools has attracted less scrutiny
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Opinion

  • Tracy Brabin

    As an actor, I know the value of culture. As West Yorkshire’s mayor, I’ll use it to enrich lives and provide jobs

    Tracy Brabin
  • Ofsted inspector at work

    The Guardian view on school exclusions: to help children, gaps in the system must be closed

  • Polly Toynbee

    Let’s end the annual torture of GCSE resits – and give students qualifications they’ll actually use

    Polly Toynbee
  • Terri White

    Sure Start could have changed everything for my family. Labour must be brave – and revitalise it

    Terri White
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