This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. No story has caught the imagination of education reformers this decade quite like the “Mississippi miracle.” ...

Policy ambition for CDR must align with technological readiness, writes Leonie Meissner from LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Achieving net zero emissions by ...

This week, the columnist and writer James Marriott argues that reading is essential to the rise and fall of liberal democracy. He proposes that reading helps the spread of information, encourages ...

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Following Portsmouth Creates’ record-breaking Guinness World Record success at Fratton Park, the arts and community organisation has revealed how it pulled off the large-scale event. Surpassing the ...

(We’re a nonprofit. Your donation is tax-deductible and processed securely.) When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared.

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday (March 13, 2026) his government revoked the visa of a U.S. State Department official, calling it a reciprocal measure after Brazilian ...

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Aside from policy differences with the US, the UK’s Armed Forces’ size and capacity make difficult any large UK involvement in war with Iran. The outbreak of a new war in the Middle East has led to ...