Schools

Push to reopen private schools arrives in federal court

A federal judge is weighing whether pandemic-related occupancy limits for private schools in New Mexico violate constitutional rights to equal protection and freedom of assembly

Rise in state schools not fully open due to Covid, figures suggest

Union boss says data is ‘not at all surprising’

Remote teaching making it harder to spot students who need extra help

What we can do under the latest official coronavirus rules

Notre Dame-Wake Forest postponed; Mountain West eyes fall

State auditor: UC wrongly admitted well-connected students

What we can do under the latest official coronavirus rules

What you need to know about a Covid resurgence in Europe

Remi Joseph Salisbury Police should not be the ones tackling youth violence in schools

Trump vows to restore 'patriotic education' for America's schools

James Moore Let councils get back to the business of building schools

School forced to stagger opening after ‘20 pupils get Covid in Zante’

Health & Families

Parents weigh up sending their children back to school

How will schools change in England as students return?

Can parents refuse to send their children to school?

Headteachers concerned at being left to make face mask decisions

GCSE and A-level exams could be delayed in 2021, says Gavin Williamson

Pupils three months behind on learning due to Covid-19, teachers fear

Politics explained

Andrew Woodcock Why the back to school plan may bring more political peril for Johnson

Pupils may be sent home for ‘joke’ coughing or ‘coronavirus humour’

We have to help children as much as we can as they return to school

Which other countries have introduced face masks in schools?

Johnson under pressure to explain science behind masks U-turn

Boris Johnson facing furious Tory backlash over U-turn on face masks

Boris Johnson U-turns on advice against face masks in schools

Government considers ‘rota system’ for schools hit by local lockdowns

The government wants us to blame each other for coronavirus

Secondary pupils ‘may pose greater virus risk than primary students’

Alastair Campbell This isn’t a strong government – it’s a non-stop Tory campaign machine

Automatic 'permission in principle' for new homes in planning shake-up

Radical shake-up of "complex and outdated planning system"