The UK government hasn’t even begun to confront its huge education challenge
From Covid-19 to next year’s exams to helping pupils catch up, schools need help, but ministers are nowhere to…
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Sam Freedman
Sam Freedman is a former senior adviser on schools at the Department for Education.
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Our fear of algorithms has undermined this year’s A-level grades and failed students
Using AI became politically impossible after last year’s exams fiasco – but young people will suffer from rampant grade inflation.
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How Gavin Williamson’s “fix” for cancelled exams makes everything worse
The government has chosen the laziest possible solution: leave it up to schools, let them take the blame –…
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An urgent action plan to mitigate the damage of school closures
The government failed to prepare for remote learning and has done teachers, parents and pupils a disservice. What steps should be…
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