Education
Birbalsingh vs the blob
Labour’s education policy is simply concessions to special interests
Down the chute
Venting about laundry and low expectations
Take home education out of detention
You can spot the home educators. They’re the ones who can look adults in the eye
The state versus the family
Labour’s assault on home-educating is opportunistic and wrong
We have failed our children
We must reassess our approach to schools, sex and safeguarding
Beware of education technology
The Lexile Scale is alchemy, not science
Educashun, Educashun, Educashun
The blob is back, and it wants to dumb down the curriculum
The crisis of teaching
Everybody is to blame for the declining standards in universities
Bridget Phillipson’s educational agenda must be opposed
The Department for Education is taking aim at standards in British schools
Let’s diversify the curriculum
If we really want diversity, we need to get more traditional
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