Education

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’
Gaza

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: ‘We try to make the students smile’

Teacher Ahmed Abu Riziq decided he wanted to help children in Gaza, so he set up schools in tents. His team tries to bring joy to their pupils and make them smile ‘while they themselves are crying’

School standards minister: ‘We want to change it so nobody has to fight for their education’
Onside takeover

School standards minister: ‘We want to change it so nobody has to fight for their education’

The minister for school standards, Catherine McKinnell, meets Riley, a user of OnSide’s Youth Zone services

School in its traditional form didn’t work for me – so I decided to homeschool myself
Chloe Jones

School in its traditional form didn’t work for me – so I decided to homeschool myself

What do you do when mainstream school doesn’t meet your needs? Take matters into your own hands, says Chloe, 18

I’m a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!
Tumukunde Uzomukunde

I’m a refugee. My favourite thing about Britain? The weather!

‘It’s an emergency’: Why artist Stuart Semple is giving £30k of art supplies to 50 schools in one day
Art

‘It’s an emergency’: Why artist Stuart Semple is giving £30k of art supplies to 50 schools in one day

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What could be in Rachel Reeves’ spending review – and what should be?
Spending Review

What could be in Rachel Reeves’ spending review – and what should be?

All children on universal credit to get free school meals: ‘It will take hunger out of classroom’
Child poverty

All children on universal credit to get free school meals: ‘It will take hunger out of classroom’

What Cardiff University’s Kazakhstan campus says about the state of British higher education
Education

What Cardiff University’s Kazakhstan campus says about the state of British higher education

How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?
Schools

How worried should we really be about schools closing in London?

Talent is everywhere in Britain – the crushing truth is that opportunity is not
Rebecca Montacute

Talent is everywhere in Britain – the crushing truth is that opportunity is not

We need a fundamental reset of our broken homelessness system. Here’s what Labour must do
Lígia Teixeira

We need a fundamental reset of our broken homelessness system. Here’s what Labour must do

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here’s how
Polly Stepan

Music in schools delivers an essential pathway out of poverty – here’s how

These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it
Climate activism

These scientists felt powerless over the climate crisis – so they decided to do something about it

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College
Big Issue Invest

Big Issue Invest £3m loan secures future for outstanding SEND College

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here’s how to get them back in class
Martin Hodge

More and more poor children are missing school since Covid. Here’s how to get them back in class

This is the devastating impact growing up in temporary accommodation has on children’s GCSE results
Education

This is the devastating impact growing up in temporary accommodation has on children’s GCSE results

Compulsory domestic abuse lessons for over 16s could help ‘prevent misogynistic murders’, MPs told
Domestic abuse

Compulsory domestic abuse lessons for over 16s could help ‘prevent misogynistic murders’, MPs told

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs
Child poverty

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs

Number of young people not in work or education highest for a decade – but it’s not their fault
NEET

Number of young people not in work or education highest for a decade – but it’s not their fault

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees
Refugees

How the Alsama Project grew from a small Lebanese flat to educate hundreds of teen refugees

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the ‘pain and hope’ of women in prison
Art

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the ‘pain and hope’ of women in prison

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Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Learning and employment

Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation
Reading

Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation

We can’t expect Ed Sheeran, Marcus Rashford and Jamie Oliver to keep on fixing Britain
Paul McNamee

We can’t expect Ed Sheeran, Marcus Rashford and Jamie Oliver to keep on fixing Britain

These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain
Rewilding

These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain