Dawkins’ new book impresses the kids
With his new book The Magic of Reality, Richard Dawkins wants to introduce children to the wonders of science. He gets a resounding thumbs up from Manjit Kumar's resident young…
Education & Children
Is it over for Catholic Ireland?
The deteriorating relationship between the Vatican and the Irish state is good news for the Republic, says Padraig Reidy
Editorial: School for scandal
Education is a fundamental concern for humanists – so it's no surprise that AC Grayling's New College is dividing opinion
Trouble at Grayling Hall
Its difficult not to see the New College of the Humanities as misguided and anti-humanist, says Sally Feldman
Just say ‘No’ to Nadine Dorries
The Conservative MP Nadine Dorries is pushing abstinence and attacking abortion rights. What young people really need is proper sex education, argues Zoe Margolis
Different angle
Andrew West's photos of the Mustard Seed Secular School, Uganda
Changing course
The 'Arab Spring' has changed how we teach Middle East politics forever, says Kerem Oktem
Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall talks to Laurie Taylor about race, relativism and revolution
Editorial: Creating confusion
Far from being an atheist straw man, Biblical fundamentalism poses a real threat to British schools
Free to teach creationism?
Under the government's education reforms, 15 per cent of groups applying to open academies are religious. How would those schools handle evolution? James Gray investigates