9 h. ago Aftermath of Manchester synagogue terror attack as school closed and police cordons in place

Three people remain in hospital after the horrific terror attack on a syangogue in north Manchester yesterday, with a nearby Jewish school forced to close for the day

Events

43 h. ago Texts to parents highlighting missed school days help improve attendance – study

A trial evaluation found texts stating, for example: ‘Tom has missed five days this term’ had a small positive impact on school attendance.

Culture

57 h. ago 'I was first Black student at school and angry mob chased me on first day'

October marks Black History Month in the UK, and Ruby Bridges has shared what life was like as the first Black student to integrate into a Louisiana school in 1960

Politics

61 h. ago ‘Will my baby be born in a tent? Will it have food?’: what it’s like to be pregnant in Gaza

The World Health Organization has warned that more than 40% of pregnant women in the Gaza Strip are malnourished. Here, Nour Ziad al-Batsh, who is expecting her third child in March, describes her daily struggle to find food and healthcareThis pregnancy is not like my others. I have not been allowed to feel the joy I felt last time, to plan for the future and dream about where my child will go to school and how to decorate his room. In Gaza these days, I can only wonder whether I can find food to keep my baby healthy and how it will be to give birth in a tent.The natural joys I felt for the births of my daughter and son have been overwhelmed by depression, fear and anxiety because of this continuing genocide. Continue reading...

Politics

66 h. ago At least 91 students remain buried in rubble 2 days after school collapse in Indonesia

At least 91 students remain trapped in concrete rubble almost two days after an Islamic school building collapsed on them, authorities said after reviewing attendance records and reports from anxious families of those missing

Politics

66 h. ago Indonesia school collapse: 91 missing and three dead as rescuers search rubble for second day

Desperate search for more than 90 missing after building collapses while students held prayers at school in SidoarjoParents and rescuers in Indonesia were desperately searching for dozens of teenage boys believed to be trapped, a day after the collapse of an Islamic boarding school which has already left three dead, authorities said.Authorities said 91 people were listed as missing after the Al Khoziny school building collapsed while pupils held late afternoon prayers in a mosque housed on a lower floor of a building whose upper floors were under construction. Continue reading...

Events

3 d. ago UK Government to debate cutting school week to just four days – but there's a catch

There are a few countries where shorter school weeks exist, but angry teachers and parents have now flocked to proclaim their anger that the UK could shorten the school week

Politics

4 d. ago Iowa revokes license of schools superintendent arrested by ICE, saying he is in US illegally

A state agency revoked the professional license of the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on Monday, days after he was detained on accusations that he was living and working in the country illegally

Events

4 d. ago Parents so burned out by morning chaos they're doing 'another whole day's work'

Mornings as a parent are so long and hellish mums and dads feel as if they’ve worked a full day by the time they have dropped their kids off at school

Events

4 d. ago Federal show of force and going to school by boat: photos of the day – Monday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

Culture

4 d. ago Oldham mum in temporary accommodation forced to fork out £40 a day on taxis to get son to school

'It got really bad. I was left with nothing.'

Economics

5 d. ago Officials place Des Moines schools leader on leave after his arrest by immigration agents

Officials have put the leader of Iowa’s largest school district on administrative leave a day after federal immigration agents arrested him because they said he was in the country illegally

Politics

5 d. ago Win a copy of Say You’ll Be There By Nina Millns in this week’s Fabulous book competition

WHEN Arianna, Tess, Candace and Dana dress up as the same Spice Girl for their school’s Red Nose Day in 1997, a friendship is born. Fast-forward to 2017, and they’re no longer in touch – until Candace contacts the others to say Dana is missing and she needs their help. This powerful story of survival...

Politics

5 d. ago 'School lost my son after I was 10 minutes late to pick him up

Sending a child off for their first day of school brings nerves and excitement, and for some parents, it's the first time waving off their little ones, but what happens if they've vanished when you pick them up?

Politics

7 d. ago The boys who left for class and never came home: David, 11, and Jonathan, 14, went missing in the middle of the school day in 1969

David Leckey, 11, from Memel Street, and Jonathan Aven, 14, from Sydenham Drive in East Belfast, went missing after they skipped school without permission in September 1969.

Events

7 d. ago Reclusive Anna Kournikova steps out in Miami with pregnant tennis sex symbol, 44, looking well after health scare

ANNA KOURNIKOVA showed off her baby bump on the streets of Miami - not long after suffering a health scare. The former tennis star was seen with her son Nicholas after a day at school. Kournikova sported a casual look, pairing black leggings with a lowcut grey jumper. It hid her growing baby bump, with...

Politics

8 d. ago ‘I’m scared’: Parent of student shares terrifying text she received after stabbing spree at Pittsburgh high school

Three students suffered injuries at Carrick High School

Society

9 d. ago Viktor Orbán faces toughest challenge in years – but can Hungary’s strongman be unseated?

Orbánism offered Trump and the international populist right a blueprint, but its leader is under pressure at home from economic woes, falling support and Péter Magyar’s rise• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereBubble tea and all-day brunch, those reliable cultural signifiers for the social media age, seem as much in evidence in Budapest these days as old-school belle époque coffee houses and tourists queueing for Danube cruises. There’s something else new in the EU’s only one-party state: politics has returned.For 15 years, Viktor Orbán’s electoral victories have been a foregone conclusion. But a credible political challenger to Orbán has appeared. Péter Magyar is no messiah: in fact, he is a defector from the ruling Fidesz party. But polls show Magyar and his new-ish pro-western Tisza movement are on course to defeat Orbán in April elections. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago Baby died following problems during birth as coroner highlights 'missed opportunities'

Coolio Carl Justin John Morgan died from Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy after being starved of oxygen during birth

Events

2 w. ago Best pals vanish at school with fire revealing terrifying truth eight years later

Kinsley Vance and Allara Shaw were last seen at a school sports day 21 years ago.

Events