Education
Gove’s ‘for-profit’ free schools lust overlooks warning signs from US
Michael Gove’s lack of concern that free schools may be operated by for-profit companies indicates his willingness to overlook the warning signs from the US.
Clegg’s win on ‘free schools’ start of the battle to save state education
The vetoing of Tory plans for free schools to become profit-making marks out coalition dividing lines and the ideological battle over education at the next election.
Yet again the detractors seek to undermine GCSE results
It does seem quite extraordinary that this year’s outstanding GCSE results were greeted as being symptomatic of exams that are too easy and which need to be reformed.
The widening gap between the educational haves and have nots
Sally Hunt, General Secretary of the University and College Union, on a new report showing "Two Britains", with the gap between the haves and have nots widening.
Ladies of the WI join the ranks of the bolshy book borrowers
Kevin Meagher reports on the launch of the Women's Institute's ‘Love your Libraries’ campaign, and the other nationwide campaigns to save our libraries.
Gove’s call for parents to act as strikebreakers savaged by Mumsnet
Readers of Mumsnet have savaged education secretary Michael Gove's plea for parents to act as strikebreakers.