1. The Faculty of Education at Cambridge University often highlights interesting recent research on their website https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/news/index.html#2dd826a9

Try this one, Fewer than 1% of schools have school-wide policies on second languages, language learning and English https://content.educ.cam.ac.uk/news/23-forbes-language-policy

or this one, Disadvantaged children’s struggles at school have little to do with character, attitude or a lack of ‘growth mindset’ https://content.educ.cam.ac.uk/content/disadvantaged-childrens-struggles-school-have-little-do-character-attitude-or-lack-growth

PDFs of both studies below (there’s also a link in each blog post).

2. Continuing the theme of disadvantage, here’s two recent press releases from Oxfam:

first, a depressing one on wealth https://www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-releases/wealth-of-five-richest-men-doubles-since-2020-as-wealth-of-five-billion-people-falls/ (PDF of report below);

second, a less depressing one on millionaires with a sense of altruism https://www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-releases/nearly-three-quarters-of-millionaires-polled-in-g20-countries-support-higher-taxes-on-wealth-over-half-think-extreme-wealth-is-a-threat-to-democracy/

3. Here’s UNESCO’s Bangkok Priorities for Action on First Language-based Multilingual Education https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000387958.locale=en PDF below. No great surprises, perhaps, but good to see their six priorities spelt out nice and clearly.

4. I’ve just discovered Toby Litt’s blog, which has been fun each day this year so far: https://awritersdiary.substack.com/ I’ve got a bit of a backlog to catch up on!

5. And, finally, Wiki Loves Folklore! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2023/Winners?1=1

Be sure to watch the video of the gusli player near the bottom of the page.