The Education Committee speaks to children in care as part of its inquiry into fostering....
Broke Britain: families are being squeezed into one-room flats in potentially dangerous conditions....
Girls are half as likely as boys to be physically active - and lack of confidence is to blame....
Prof Eugene Terentjev told students they could harm grades by choosing to enjoy their social life....
Al-Hijrah Islamic faith school in Birmingham was found guilty of sex discrimination for segregating children....
More than 370 NI principals say "children are suffering" and write open letter to James Brokenshire....
Get a Grip campaign tells parents to "be more organised" by preparing for school the night before....
England's children's commissioner says the system must help children recover from traumatic upbringings....
Ursula Shepherd says her teachers in the 1930s "didn't really care" if she was educated....
Three university students speak about how they have been treated on campus....
Autism assistance dog Rishi has enhanced 11-year-old Jake's life, his family says....
A stray firework lodged in Maisie's scarf during a home fireworks display....
Mexico needs urgent job opportunities for thousands of young returned migrants from the US....
The US has more citizens who are illiterate than many of its developed counterparts. Why is that?...
Unesco warns of the "poorest of the poorest" missing from international education figures....
The countries where most girls don't even get to start primary school....
A student who faced torture and imprisonment in Syria's civil war is starting her life again at a university in Canada...
What's it like being a Childline volunteer?...
UCAS and Which? University's tips on how to convince admissions tutors to offer you a place....
Some Cambridge University students don't want to just study books by white authors - but who should be on their reading list?...
How some youngsters who are taken into care can be left out of the classroom....
When Evelyn and Tony adopted Ryan at the age of seven, his special needs were not immediately apparent....
Ellen - one of the first primary school children to transition in the UK - lets readers into her inner world....
With 35 pupils being excluded every day, Ben tells how he went from an ugly statistic to reformed character....
One young secondary school teacher is shocked by the stories she hears....
A 24-year-old teacher's account of teenage sexual activity prompts many to share their concerns....
Social media and the ease of access to explicit material on the web means the tricky topic of sex is even more of a minefield for parents....
After Mohammed was excluded for bad behaviour, he was home-schooled - but it didn't work out....
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