Here are the year’s most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by our children’s books editor.

NCERT's new Grade 7 Social Science textbook, developed under NEP 2020, offers a pan-Indian perspective on early medieval history, moving beyond a North-centric view to include kingdoms, thinkers, and ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year ...

A sharp rise in students entering the University of California system without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators. A new internal report from the University of California ...

South Korea’s AI textbook program was meant to personalize learning, reduce inequality, and lighten teachers’ workload. The initiative was rolled back following complaints about inaccuracies, data ...

Publishers have raised the alarm over unpaid Sh11.4 billion owed to them, warning that further delays in settlement of the debt by the government could derail the timely printing and distribution of ...

The Kenya Publishers Association has raised an alarm over an impending crisis in the education sector over the delay in publishing books for Grade 10 students transitioning into secondary school in ...

Science is usually one of the more hands-on subjects in middle school: Students design research questions, draw diagrams, and conduct experiments. But the country’s 8th graders are less likely to do ...

December 4, 2025 - A new literacy intervention program is being rolled out in San Diego, Alameda, San Mateo and Riverside counties, to help teenagers in juvenile detention grasp the basics of reading.

RJ Mackenzie is an award-nominated science and health journalist. He has degrees in neuroscience from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Cambridge. He became a writer after deciding ...

In a significant change to school history education, the NCERT has released the new Class 8 Social Science textbook titled “Exploring Society: India and Beyond” which presents a notably harsher view ...