Education
Left Foot Forward in Private Eye
Left Foot Forward gets an honourable mention in this week's Private Eye for Annie Powell's tireless campaign to save Sulivan Primary School.
John Denham is right about two things
John Denham is right about two things: we need more diverse higher education provision and we need to reassess the value for money of higher education.
Tory Council to close award-winning primary – so a free school can have its land
The decision to close Sulivan does everything that Tories say they oppose when it comes to education.
Qualified teachers: the Labour policy that makes Tories unfathomably angry
You wouldn’t think that a policy requiring all teachers to obtain qualified teacher status (QTS) would be particularly controversial.
Challenging Tory attacks on education can boost Labour’s support
It is by offering a progressive economic alternative to austerity that Labour can best reach out to a broad coalition of voters.
For many young people ‘study hard, work hard, go to university, get a job’ isn’t reality
The media and political debate over grade inflation and Michael Gove's proposed GCSE reforms disguise how difficult it is for young people in today's struggling economy.