17+ min ago  (786+ words) Fewer children are reading for fun - but parents are trying everything from AI to dramatic voices to keep them engaged It's been a tough year for our brains. Merriam-Webster dictionary editors chose "slop" as 2025's word of the year. New…...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago  (136+ words) Did you decide not to pursue your dream profession or did you have to retrain? We would like to hear from you AI will affect 40% of jobs and probably worsen inequality, the head of the International Monetary Fund has said....

9+ hour, 58+ min ago  (392+ words) Candidates will have to sit assessments in person unless there are exceptional circumstances, says ACCA The world's largest accounting body is to stop students being allowed to take exams remotely to crack down on a rise in cheating on tests…...

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1+ day, 9+ min ago  (134+ words) Letter: John Carey obituary'The Guardian Letter: John Carey obituary I was privileged to have been one of John Carey's students at Christ Church in 1958-59, and can confirm that at 24 he was both painstaking and pugnacious " I shall never forget his…...

1+ day, 17+ min ago  (1745+ words) As the US faces challenges to public school funding, activists warn that more people should pay attention to what's happened in Inglewood, California Inglewood, California " a few miles east of Los Angeles international airport " is known as the city of…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1206+ words) Stockton's JobsPlus is a pilot scheme with caseworkers who connect individual people with potential jobs, providing direct financial help where necessary "We've had quite a few people on the estate get jobs," says Bryan Stokell, who found work as a…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (465+ words) Pilot programme for under-25s will offer paid placements aimed at introducing participants to military life Young people in Britain will be offered a gap year-style scheme by the Ministry of Defence, in an effort to introduce citizens to military life…...

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3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (392+ words) Louis Provis says there needs to be systemic change in how schools think about boys" reading. Jacqueline Robson recalls a reading initiative that left students searching for moreLee Child is right that too many children are being put off reading…...