Those who wish philosophy to be included in the school curriculum (Letters, 14 September) should look north of the border. Philosophy is part of religious, moral and philosophical education in ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Every Wednesday afternoon in term 3, all students at Malabar Public School put away their textbooks ...

Schools are generally taught to teach kids what to think, but what if they taught them how to think instead? According to a new study conducted among 3,000 kids in 48 schools across England, ...

Dr Simon Longstaff AO is the Executive Director of The Ethics Centre. While reading Steve Fuller's recent article about philosophy and the academy, my mind whisked me back to some of my earliest days ...

Philosophy lessons have a London primary school record the top SATs test scores in England for the second year in a row, the school's headmistress claimed today. Primary league tables 2012: "Engaging ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Real philosophy (Back to big, Editorial 5 June) is concentration not on fact, which it respects, but on the logic of ordinary intelligence: 1) clarity, usually in the form of analysis; 2) consistency ...

Thinking about big questions empowers children to feel more confident about the value of their own ideas, teachers say. By Richard Schiffman “We don’t really need ‘going to school,’” Ella Wagar, a ...