Further education is an easy target for cuts because the chattering classes don’t care
The cuts mean that many colleges now depend on exploiting their hardworking staff in order to function.
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The problem with church schools? They run counter to Christian values
Church schools don’t help the poorest residents, as they’re designed to – instead, they fill with middle-class children whose parents…
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Standing at Churchill’s bedside, a teacher’s first lesson and the joy of Santi Cazorla
I’ve just been round Chartwell again. It’s as wonderful as ever – the terraces, the gardens, the ground falling steeply away…
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Why we urgently need compulsory sex education
By failing to make proper sex and relationships education statutory, the government is failing to protect children from bullying, exploitation,…
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Ed on ed: what would a Miliband government do for education?
The time seems to be right for the Labour leader to lay the foundations of a new, more confident, education…
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Is an LGBT school a good idea?
If it would protect people from homophobic bullying, could a separate school be worth a try?
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Kenneth Baker: thinking beyond A-levels
The Conservative peer and former education secretary writes about the party’s plans for schools.
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On schools, Labour finally addresses the 7 per cent problem
It is a fallacy that attention to the private-school question will distract from improving state education. For 70 years this…
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