Education
Twigg: Gove’s plans will ‘take us back to the 19th century’ and risk a “decade of decline”
Stephen Twigg today warns Michael Gove's Ebacc plans risk "ushering in a decade of economic decline", taking Britain back to a '19th-century education system'.
Comment: Labour wants a true baccalaureate approach in education
Stephen Twigg MP, Shadow Education Secretary Labour has today called a debate in Parliament on the Government’s shambolic plan for […]
The impact of Gove’s reforms on teachers’ everyday working lives
A glimpse into the everyday lives of teachers, looking at the attitudes of teachers towards action taken by the NUT that did not include strike action.
Mr Gove, What’s with the rush to the EBacc, Sir?
Michael Gove will do well to listen to those urging him to think again about his proposed reforms to secondary examinations, writes the NUT's Christine Blower.
The Tory Olympic legacy? Scrapping protections for school playing fields
School sport: new regulations come in to force on Wedneseday which get rid of the requirement on all schools to have decent sized playing fields.
Breakfast clubs axed, teacher handouts…. the scandal of hungry children in our schools
A study released by Kellogg's tells us of the importance of breakfast in education, writes Fiona Twycross AM.