What I’m really thinking: the exam invigilator
'Sometimes, as I patrol the room, I look down and witness a disaster in the making, with lots of crossings-out'
Sex education helps young people make better choices
Norhidayah Nadila, of Melaka in Malaysia, describes the impact of peer to peer education
Gove’s school food inquiry gets roasting from Jamie Oliver
Celebrity chef condemns education secretary's plan to investigate school dinners as unnecessary and a waste of time
Sex education is a sign of a more just and equal society
Juan Camilo Saldarriaga, 20, of San José, Costa Rica, says young people deserve better services and stronger policies
Taking sex education to young people who are not in schools
Simply talking about sex helps break a lot of barriers – it's often the best approach to inform vulnerable teenagers why contraception is necessary, says Rachel Williams
We should be paying more attention to the emotional labour of teaching
Emotional labour requires workers to display certain emotions as part of their job, but are academics aware, equipped and supported to do so?
How Barbara Arrowsmith-Young rebuilt her own brain
She realised that part of her brain was not functioning properly so she devised a series of cognitive exercises to develop it. The results changed her life – and now she has helped thousands of children with learning
How to teach … positive body image
This week, following a parliamentary report on the subject, the Guardian Teacher Network has resources to help pupils explore the issues around body image
Students are still taking unnecessary risks with their sexual health
A new survey suggests that fewer students are practising safe sex than at this time last year. Oliver Brann analyses the results
Unprotected sex is widespread among students, survey reveals
• Many students are critical of sex education at school• A quarter want sexual health information on campus