schools
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.
All parties must spell out how we will deliver world class education
While many other countries, including the emerging economies, recognise the value of investing more in public education, the UK is in danger of falling behind.
The government would be foolish to keep ignoring teaching assistants
Market obsessives and state haters have led the backlash against teaching assistants.
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.
PISA panic – being honest about what PISA really shows
Every three years the education world is thrown into turmoil as the media report findings from the latest PISA study.
Why is the Finnish school system so good?
A look at Finnish schools reveals an education system built on unapoligetically social democratic principles.