Kids need better numeracy, but maths until 18 isn’t the answer
Two years’ extra arithmetic doesn’t make up for 12 years of bad teaching.
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Bridget Phillipson: “Childcare has to be part of a country’s economic strategy”
The shadow education secretary on what the UK can learn from Estonia, snobbery at Oxford and whether she wants to…
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The false promise of grammar schools
In his new book, A Revolution Betrayed, Peter Hitchens overstates the merits of selection in state education.
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Top private school fees exceed the UK’s median wage
Nine of the UK’s most prestigious private schools charge parents more than typical earnings of £33,000.
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Why the Daily Mail’s defence of private schools doesn’t add up
Removing charitable status from private schools won’t lose Labour money – or voters.
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Why we can’t blame Covid for the state of schools
Funding cuts have left us struggling for well over two years.
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What buying my daughter’s school uniform taught me about gender norms
Only girls get pink, frills and fairies.
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Why have educational attainment gaps not closed in 20 years?
This year's GCSE and A-Level results show how failure is baked into the education system.
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A-level results: Mapping England’s grade gap
Levelling up appears to be doing little to solve inequality in achievement.
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You don’t win over young people by blocking their access to education
Rishi Sunak has promised to scrap degrees that don't lead to high salaries — but low pay does not indicate…
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The problem in schools isn’t cancel culture – it’s rape culture
A New York magazine story has sparked a debate about mob justice among young people, but it misses the point.
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What I learned about bullies in my time as a teacher
They’re swept up by a social mechanism beyond them – and eventually find themselves transgressing basic rules of decency.
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Lord of the Flies and lockdown drills: teaching in a time of school shootings
Teachers and students think long and hard about what they would do in a gunman situation – because they have…
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Why the Tories love grammar schools
Grammar schools aren't just a bad idea – they're bad politics, too.
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Will the SNP ever address the Scottish schools crisis?
Failing to educate children effectively is about as grievous a state deficiency as can be imagined.
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Two years on, we can no longer accept so many children off school because of Covid
The government talks about “learning to live with Covid” but it has not learned anything about transmission in schools.
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Bullies in their bedrooms
Children's lives are defined by the internet, but whose job is it to keep them safe?
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School closures further isolate a lonely generation – and the effect on children could be disastrous
Promised online resources to “boost mental health support” are no substitute for what schools offer children: friends, exercise, purpose and safeguarding.
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