Before our classrooms became populated by screens, endless streams of worksheets, or the humble textbook, there was another tool for learning: the object.

Across the ‘green desert’ of the Mongolian steppe, nearly 30% of the population live a nomadic or semi-nomadic life. In a world of standardised education, Mongolia provides a novel approach to rooting education in culture.

Recently, I came across an interesting term: ‘Geneva babies’. It’s not an official label, but a shorthand used among some UN staff. What can it tell us about the surprising ways inequality persists?

Two weeks ago, whilst at breakfast, on my daily morning doom-scroll through social media, I came across a video which struck me as unusual as it did oddly terrifying.

I used to say teaching felt like putting on a performance. The analogy made sense at the time. But looking back now, I wonder: ‘should I have been the one who was performing at all?’

In a world where teachers are scarce and class sizes are ballooning, an old abandoned educational method may offer surprisingly modern solutions.