New Statesman -

Gove's free schools policy is already in trouble

Francis Gilbert — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:53:39 GMT

Even the parents wanting to set up free schools are frustrated.

High school miserable

Francis Gilbert — Mon, 03 May 2010 07:49:13 GMT

Our political parties have been seduced by US charter schools. But are they any good? And do they make children happier?

One long Sats test

Francis Gilbert — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:30:27 GMT

In this emotional indictment of our education system, the writer and teacher Francis Gilbert explains how an obsession with testing has broken enthusiasm for learning

Class war zone

Francis Gilbert — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:29:41 GMT

Aggressive and disruptive behaviour blights many state schools, and the only remedy - excluding pupils - isn't working. Mentoring troubled children is more effective...

Finally, freedom

Francis Gilbert — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Education - a teacher's view. We'll learn to love the bill, argues Francis Gilbert

Novel of the week

Francis Gilbert — Mon, 02 Jun 2003 12:00:00 GMT

Brick Lane Monica Ali Transworld/Doubleday, 413pp, �12.99 ISBN 038560484X

Autobiography 2 - The good life

Francis Gilbert — Mon, 24 Feb 2003 12:00:00 GMT

Where Did It All Go Right?: growing up normal in the Seventies Andrew Collins Ebury Press, 320pp, �9.99 ISBN 0091886678

War wounds

Francis Gilbert — Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Peacetime Robert Edric Doubleday, 357pp, �12.99 ISBN 0385602979

Lost in the funhouse

Francis Gilbert — Mon, 08 Apr 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Salamander Thomas Wharton Flamingo, 368pp, 15.99 ISBN 0007128649

Novel of the week

Francis Gilbert — Mon, 04 Mar 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Address Unknown Kressmann Taylor Souvenir Press, 64pp, �6.99 ISBN 0743412710