Pupils in English regions dominated by grammar schools experience little or no boost in results compared with counterparts in other areas of the country, while exam grades among the brightest pupils may actually be lower, according to new research. Read more

The National Institutes of Health halted a $154 million research program intended to study “equitable health communication” and combat alleged medical misinformation. Read more

Under the new rules approved Wednesday, staff and faculty at Florida colleges can be fired if they use a restroom for a gender that does not correspond with their gender assigned at birth. Read more

"After the Taliban shut universities for women, my only hope was to get a scholarship which would help me study abroad," says 20-year-old Afghan student Natkai. Read more

University of Southern California tentatively settles false advertising lawsuit by graduates of certificate programs, raising issues of how colleges value different students. Read more

The largest gap on record between top GCSE grades awarded to pupils in London and those in north-east England has prompted warnings of a “continuing widening” in the north-south education divide. Read more

Stanford University chemist unrepentant about his contrarianism during the pandemic despite some of his bold predictions proving incorrect Read more

Applicants to a liberal arts college can now participate in discussions and a seminar in lieu of the traditional essay and letters of recommendation. Read more

University leaders are fielding demands to remove a book, deemed antisemitic by some and a legitimate criticism of Israel by others, from a course syllabus. Read more

Some of the biggest tech organisations and search engines now have to comply with new EU rules designed to protect users. Read more