Mike Bloomberg will donate $600m to historically Black medical schools
Gifts to ‘diversify the medical field’ will give millions to schools like Howard University College of Medicine
Scotland exam results: pass rate falls as attainment gap widens across board
Day begins in chaotic fashion with thousands of pupils receiving blank emails instead of their exam results
Radical review – Mexico’s heartwarming answer to Dead Poets Society makes the grade
Based on the true story of an inspiring teacher arriving in an impoverished school, this bullies you into uplift but succeeds thanks to its top quality cast
The Guardian view on curriculum reform: a mammoth and delicate task
Editorial: There is huge scope for improvement. Increasing the range of subjects while reducing exams would be a good way to start
Hiring women, rather than just talking about it, works. That doesn’t mean all men are on board, it turns out
Renate van der Zee
As a Netherlands university found, female exclusion is seen as systemic – but if men have to wait their turn, it provokes anger, writes Dutch journalist Renate van der Zee
England’s curriculum review: what education experts want to see
Ideas range from fewer tests and less emphasis on grammar to sex education reform and more children’s agency
‘I’d be better off if I hadn’t been to uni’: UK graduates tell of lives burdened by student loans
Tactics for dealing with unaffordable student loan repayments include range from taking low-paid work to taking a second job, and even to remortgaging a home
