Education
This year has offered children glimmers of hope – but 2025 must see tangible change

This year has offered children glimmers of hope – but 2025 must see tangible change
I should have spent school preparing for the future. Instead I spent it fighting to be included

I should have spent school preparing for the future. Instead I spent it fighting to be included
Homeless woman reunites with couple who ‘changed her life’ when they gave her a bed for the night

Homeless woman reunites with couple who ‘changed her life’ when they gave her a bed for the night
‘We all deserve magic’: Meet the teachers working to bring Christmas joy to children in poverty

‘We all deserve magic’: Meet the teachers working to bring Christmas joy to children in poverty
Millions of British adults lack basic literacy skills – and it’s becoming an uncomfortable crisis

Millions of British adults lack basic literacy skills – and it’s becoming an uncomfortable crisis
TikTok star and teacher Shabaz Ali: ‘Kids should not be going without food in this country’

TikTok star and teacher Shabaz Ali: ‘Kids should not be going without food in this country’
From the NHS to ‘spreading opportunity’: Here’s what should be in Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’

From the NHS to ‘spreading opportunity’: Here’s what should be in Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’
Teacher of the Year winner Oli McVeigh: ‘Boys are bottling up and repressing lots of different ideas’

Teacher of the Year winner Oli McVeigh: ‘Boys are bottling up and repressing lots of different ideas’
Special needs children forced out of school by ‘crumbling’ system, figures show

Special needs children forced out of school by ‘crumbling’ system, figures show
‘We’re stepping in to help kids eat’: Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils

‘We’re stepping in to help kids eat’: Schools forced to dip into their own budgets to feed pupils
Saddling poorer students with a lifelong debt makes absolutely no sense

Saddling poorer students with a lifelong debt makes absolutely no sense
100 students die by suicide at university each year. These parents are fighting to change that

100 students die by suicide at university each year. These parents are fighting to change that
Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here’s how it’s changing life behind bars amid a crisis

Prisoners are teaching each other to read. Here’s how it’s changing life behind bars amid a crisis
Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: ‘A crisis of lost learning’

Children in poverty most likely to be excluded from school, study finds: ‘A crisis of lost learning’
Rise in young people not in work or education could fill Man Utd’s Old Trafford stadium

Rise in young people not in work or education could fill Man Utd’s Old Trafford stadium
‘My heart burns’: Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope

‘My heart burns’: Three years after fall of Kabul, Afghan women share stories of escape and hope
Inside the Big Issue: The glorious rise and rise of the Paralympics

Inside the Big Issue: The glorious rise and rise of the Paralympics
British children need a ‘digital vaccination’ to tackle tsunami of fake news and disinformation

British children need a ‘digital vaccination’ to tackle tsunami of fake news and disinformation
‘Simply unacceptable’: GCSE results gap between private and state schools widens

