Education policy must acknowledge gender differences
This year’s GCSE results show the biggest difference between boys’ and girls’ performance since 2003.
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Elitism and social discrimination persist, but what is to blame?
We should be clear: schools, universities, and leading firms all have a part to play in the continuation of elitism and social class discrimination
Terrorist toddlers: no change at the Department for Education, then
There is a real cohesion problem Nicky Morgan hasn’t addressed, and it isn’t Trojan horse nurseries.
Baroness Warsi is a product of her own failed analysis
I value any principled stand, but I worry when the principles don’t stand up to scrutiny.
Trojan horse and the unbearable silliness of the denialists
Denial and deflection over extremism is a disservice to Muslim communities.
Gove may be gone, but his legacy is in safe hands
Gove is gone but his legacy is in safe hands.
Questions to Michael Gove from a concerned Haberdashers’ Aske’s parent
The freedom afforded to academies is not working.
Beyond the market: a new agenda for public services
Moving beyond the market need not mean turning back the clock to a highly centralised state-run model.
The royal household is openly abusing public money
The total annual cost of the monarchy is estimated by Republic to be around £300m – nine times higher than the official figure.
The brutal impact of austerity on Scotland’s public services
Scotland’s budget is being slashed by more than £6 billion in real terms.