26 h. ago Appalling video shows bullies force boy, 5, into disgusting act in school bathroom

An alarming video captured the moment mean bullies forced a five-year-old boy into a disgusting act at Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Culture

54 h. ago Couple who sleep in the same bed as their three children insist it's the 'perfect parenting hack' and 'not weird at all'

Cassey Bly, 29, from Connecticut , US, has three children - aged three, four and six - with her husband, Forrest, also 29.

Society

61 h. ago School forced to apologise after pupil's parents discovered the truth

Kian Mills' parents said he had so many detentions, exclusions and isolations for 'tiny things'

Politics

66 h. ago After more than 250 punishments from teachers, his parents took on the school, and they found out the truth

A school has been ordered to apologise to a pupil and his parents and update its behaviour policy after a tribunal found it had discriminated against him. An Education Tribunal Wales hearing concluded that St Joseph's Catholic School in Port Talbot failed to reasonably support Kian Mills and discriminated against him in the way it applied its behaviour policy.

Society

6 d. ago Hackney pupils team up with school in Uganda to help save the bees

Kingsmead Primary School has joined forces with New Brain School in Kampala

Politics

7 d. ago Transgender public school teacher says she was forced out after bullying by students and faculty

Exclusive: Tonia Daniels, a longtime educator, is now cleaning houses to make ends meet

Society

8 d. ago Alive: An Alternative Anatomy by Gabriel Weston review – our bodies in an eye

A surgeon (and TV host) encourages us to take a fresh look at our organs in a smart and forceful studyIn the first week of medical school, my cohort was divided into small groups, given big sheets of white paper and assigned the task of drawing organs on a human outline, as our lecturer shouted “liver!”, “ovary other ovary!”, “appendix!”, “spleen!” It was startling to confront our ignorance and the exercise was formative for me in retaining humility when talking with patients and being curious about what I call their “imaginary anatomy”: how we think our bodies look inside. Despite the smooth, slim, cross-sections we see on the walls of GP surgeries, each of us has this imaginary space that is of interest not only in its deviation from textbook “truth”, but because the idea of our innards affects how we feel about ourselves and what we think our bodies can do for us. This might explain why I chose to become a psychiatrist rather than a surgeon.As Gabriel Weston writes in Alive, surg...

Events

9 d. ago Parents fury as children forced to walk through stinking 'monstrosity' full of bottles of urine, rats and even a DEAD CAT to get to school

Fatima Alashinloye, 11, developed the school project to clear up the rubbish after seeing the 'dangerous' and 'horrible' mess she and her classmates are forced to be around.

Society

1 week ago Labour VAT raid on private school fees forces Scotland's largest private school which charges up to £20,000 a year to launch fundraising appeal

George Watson's College in Edinburgh said 50 pupils had either left or opted not to join at the beginning of the 2024-25 year.

Economics

2 w. ago Pupils join forces for Routemaster bus tour protest against Islington primary school closures

The Islington pupils schools clambered aboard an open-top Routemaster and shouted ‘save our schools!’

Events

2 w. ago Part of motorway to close overnight after horror coach fire as 'hysterical' school children forced to flee

The coach, transporting a group of schoolgirls, erupted into flames on Wednesday night

Events

2 w. ago My dad gave me the sex talk at 27. It was one of the best conversations of my life | Wing Kuang

Sex is still a taboo topic for my Chinese immigrant baby boomer parents, but i’ve discovered it’s never too late to have ‘the talk’Sitting in a cafe in Sydney recently, I heard a line that I would never have expected to hear from Dad, a dull, quiet, introverted Chinese man in his late 60s who can be quite conservative and stubborn, especially when it comes to dating.“When you hang out with boys and go on dates, don’t forget to use condoms to protect yourself.” Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Abusive parents 'banned from school site' as schools forced to employ lawyers to stop them

"I felt very low and dreaded opening my emails"

Events

3 w. ago Extension on Falkirk school forced to close for repairs went £1 million over budget

Maddiston Primary School's extension was supposed to cost less than £5 million

Economics