58+ min ago   (630+ words) This week, the Stanford junior Elsa Johnson revealed in The Times that many of her fellow students were claiming they were disabled to receive accommodations like extra time on tests, excused absences and the best housing on campus. Johnson admitted…...

5+ hour, 13+ min ago   (646+ words) On Monday, I was racked with nerves. A story that I wrote exposing students for perpetrating a huge racket at Stanford University was about to go live. In it I revealed how those without any real disability routinely exploit the…...

11+ hour, 13+ min ago   (516+ words) Winston Smith, the hero of George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece 1984, has been celebrated for decades as a symbol of resistance to oppression, but Russian schoolchildren are now being taught that he behaved "destructively" because of his disobedience. In what looks like…...

16+ hour, 28+ min ago   (932+ words) A leading grammar school has overhauled its entrance tests to focus on flair and creativity in a backlash against the "insidious" tutoring industry that its head teacher said is depriving pupils of their childhood. The supposedly tutor-proof 11+ test paper has…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (721+ words) Children are being taught how to use battlefield drones at a school in west London run by the Russian foreign ministry. The Russian Embassy School in Notting Hill educates the children of diplomats and spies, as well as a small…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (1000+ words) For hundreds of years, the rulers of France ordered their countrymen to speak nothing but French. Abb" Gr"goire, the 1789 revolutionary leader, declared it "the language of liberty" and pledged to "annihilate" dozens of dialects. In the late 19th and early…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (609+ words) Liz Kendall wants AI to work for Britain " "and that means ensuring Britons can work with AI," the tech secretary said this week as she unveiled the AI Skills Hub, an online learning programme that has been called the most…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (266+ words) Here's a question that keeps me up at night: how many brilliant and capable professionals are systematically screened out of British business? A pool of exceptionally qualified candidates " military spouses, partners and veterans " are largely invisible because hiring teams can't…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (632+ words) The destruction of childhood can be halted'The Times The destruction of childhood can be halted Government must get on with banning smartphones in schools " and outlawing AI for the under-16s should be next Focus for a moment: listen up, stop…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (460+ words) Mensa has a problem. The society, famous for its refusal of all but the brightest, has seen its membership shrink by half since the beginning of the 21st century. Now in its 80th year, the society is trying to reinvent itself and…...