Education
Education is the key to addressing climate change
Climate change is now back in the UK geography curriculum after indications from education chief Michael Gove it would be left out
They’re called ‘primary’ schools for a reason
If we are serious about raising school results, we’ll have to target resources towards early years and catch-up classes in primary schools. This will require the government to make tough decisions about spending on secondary education.
Michael Gove should be held to account over the crisis facing London’s schools
I would like to see Michael Gove asked the following question: does he stand for every school child, or just those who attend academies and free schools?
School spending cannot be cut like this without compromising standards
I cannot be the only person with personal experience of managing schools whose jaw dropped at reading the headlines of the Reform report launched last week: Must Do Better: Spending on Schools. Based on lots of number crunching of data tables, it came to the conclusion that school spending could be cut by close to 20 per cent without compromising standards.
Michael Gove vs Reality
Short video from the NASUWT documenting education secretary Michael Gove's long struggle with reality.
PM visits India while new figures show no UK students studying main Indian language in school
While the prime minister visits India, new figures reveal that not a single UK child has studies Hindi for GCSE or A-Levels in the past year.