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In her conference speech, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary outlined her proposals – but they may be too pragmatic for party activists who want all schools back under council oversight.
White working-class children are being let down just as badly in Hackney as in Hartlepool; it’s simply the proportion of them that differs.
The practice of excluding under-performing pupils ahead of exams disproportionately affects the less privileged.
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The debate over university funding rages on, but the solution lies in listening to those who are affected most.
A new National Plan is needed to stop cultural subjects being squeezed out of the curriculum.
A new report reveals the scale of government subsidy for higher education and an “accounting trick” is masking the real costs.
The marginally better performance of boys at A-level is already being attributed to “tougher” exams.
Since the admission cap was lifted in 2015, universities have been able to accept as many students as they see fit.
The New Statesman podcast with Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush.
Can a woman who left school without any GCSEs at grade C or above revitalise education?
Laurie Santos’s controversial class on “the good life” is Yale University’s most popular course ever. But can you really learn how to feel better?
