Education
No, Michael Gove, disadvantaged pupils are not better served by the Tories
Any politician who is serious about narrowing the attainment gap also needs to be serious about reducing child poverty and creating a more equal society.
The actions of Michael Gove may make young people more vulnerable to religious extremism
Over-emphasising the Britishness of certain universal values risks stoking xenophobia.
Michael Gove in 2007: ‘There is something rather unBritish about seeking to define Britishness’
As Michael Gove originally wrote, there is something rather unBritish about seeking to define British values.
Strong vocational education is needed to offset the retirement of baby-boomers
Statistics show that a strong vocational education system will be required to help fill over 12 million vacancies by 2022. Of these, those caused by the retirement of the baby-boom generation will vastly outweigh those resulting from business growth.
The ‘ideologically obsessed zealot’ who ‘secretly’ raided £400m meant for school places: Gove owes us answers
Labour has failed to sufficiently press Michael Gove over his raid of the basic need budget.
Religiously selective schools criticised by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner
A new report has criticised religiously selective faith schools over their complex admissions rules.