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Yet another blow to Tories’ “free schools” policy
Today’s short report from the LSE marks another blow for David Cameron's Tory party’s proposals to introduce “Swedish schools” into the UK education system.
Martin McCluskey
Martin writes on education policy. He is an assistant policy adviser for a large public body and was President of the Oxford University Students Union.
OECD education report encouraging for Britain
The OECD's annual Education at a Glance report showed encouraging signs for the British education system, though it also revealed there was still work to do.
Unaccounted £1bn cost of Tory school reforms
In George Osborne's speech to Demos last week, he looked to Sweden to provide evidence for how a Conservative government could reform the education system and provide “more for less” while also delivering high standards. But the reforms would cost £1.2 billion and it's not clear that the Swedish system is the panacea that the Conservative Party suggest.