Why Ed should listen to a little bit of Tony’s advice
By Mike Ion / @mikeion “At our best when at our boldest”: the words of one T Blair…
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Reviewing academic selection? Justice demands it
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Ed Miliband is right; the process by which parents can vote on whether…
In praise of … the comprehensive school
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Let’s begin with a little quiz. What do the Today programme presenter Evan…
Why I’m backing Ed Miliband for leader
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon For some weeks now I have been taking every opportunity I can to…
BSF is something we can’t afford not to do
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Ambition drives success. When launched in February 2004, Building school for the future…
New Labour may be over, but the party is alive with renewed possibility
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon If Labour is to have any chance of returning to government at the…
For profit schools and the Tories
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon So there we have it, the Tory answer to making our schools better:…
After the selection: We need a coalition of the willing in places like Stoke
By Mike Ion Mark Seddon is a man I respect and admire but his piece in yesterday’s Guardian…
MP bloggers talk but don’t listen
By Mike Ion / @MikeIon Some recent research by the Hansard Society has found that although 83% of…
Catchphrase politics is no substitute for policy substance
By Mike Ion According to David Cameron it is his “patriotic duty” to remove Gordon Brown from office.…
