Mind warp
Distorted and unproven claims about the benefits of brain training have infiltrated Britain’s schools. James Gray says it’s time to think again
Education & Children
God and the classroom
It may be a new school year, but familiar debates over the role of faith in education continue to rage
My favourite things about living without God
Not to be outdone by Julie Andrews, columnist and humanist mum Myra Zepf selects the top ten pleasures of being a heathen
Girl Guide group wants to keep God in pledge
The new secular Girl Guide promise is coming into effect in early September, but some group leaders and religious commentators wish to keep girls pledging allegiance to God
The weird afterlife of section 28
A decade after it was repealed, the infamous section 28 ban on "promoting homosexuality" lives on in the policies of many free schools, finds a new report. Anna Versterinen reports
Creationist careers advice
Make the most of a life in research by advancing God's glory, counsels US 'creation science' group
Education, not indoctrination!
Enforcement of a Christian agenda is disturbingly common in English schools today. James Snell reports from the school yard
In praise of meddling kids
The intrepid debunking teens – and a dog – make Scooby Doo ideal rationalist TV, says Myra Zepf
Girl Guides drop God
A new non-religious Promise is designed to make Guiding more inclusive, but inevitably some commentators aren't happy
President Obama criticises faith schools in Northern Ireland speech
In an address to school children in Belfast, the US President suggests that religious schools have a divisive effect on communities