If you want to get ahead, have a lie-in
Tom Hodgkinson: An experiment that allows some lucky teenagers to start school an hour later than usual will prove what we idlers have long suspected – the key to success is plenty of sleep
Major study of teenage sleep patterns aims to assess impact on learning
Pupils to start lessons at 10am in effort to see how neuroscience might improve school performance and exam results
Inclusive sex education is vital – and British schools aren’t delivering it
Peter Tatchell: Why isn’t there a mandatory requirement to teach children about sexual health and diversity, including LGBT, in the same way as other curriculum subjects?
Can free school meals revive the Lib Dems?
The party’s £1bn policy allows all pupils in all infant classes to get a daily hot meal. Nick Clegg took a lot of flak when it was announced – but how is it working out? Jay Rayner joins him in the school dinner queue
Channel 4 hires former Miss Belgium to shake up sex education in schools
Goedele Liekens, who is also a therapist, will star in show campaigning to change the way subject is taught to UK children
If teenagers can stay in bed longer, why can’t the rest of us?
Dean Burnett: Moves are afoot to allow adolescents to start school later, to allow them to get some more sleep. Wouldn’t that work just as well for adults?
My edible classroom gives deprived New York kids a reason to attend school
Teacher Stephen Ritz explains how a project to grow fresh food in his school turned into a wider movement encouraging healthy eating among US students
David Smail obituary
Clinical psychologist and writer whose work focused on the damaging effects of an unequal society
Applying to uni: a guide for students with disabilities
All universities are set up for students with disabilities, but try to visit the one you choose to see for yourself
How teachers should start to address FGM in schools
Yvonne Powell: Teachers have a duty to tackle female genital mutilation and keep girls safe. We must transform the way we approach the issue in schools