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By Oli De Botton / @OliDeB In the UK it is harder to climb the social ladder than in any other rich country, according to the OECD: a report published last week suggested that generational shifts in earnings, wages and education are rare in…
The Education Column By Oli De Botton / @OlideB The Harlem Children's Zone is both an impressive experiment in combating poverty and a real challenge to our left instincts. Whilst the jury may still be out on the long-term effectiveness of…
The Oli De Botton Education Column It made for uncomfortable reading. GCSE results, analysed in detail by the DCSF this week, confirmed what many teachers have been feeling for ages. Children who are white, British and poor are falling…
The Oli De Botton Education Column Last week the Office for National Statistics claimed that Labour's investment in education over the past 12 years had led to virtually no 'productivity gains'. For all the money spent (over £30 billion) on…
The Oli de Botton Education column Putting parents first in education has been a New Labour mantra. This year's Queens Speech was no different. Parents may soon be able to take schools to court if the education provided is not up to…
The Oli De Botton Education Column I want to stand up for big government. I want to do this because without top down central proscription and national programmes, we would not have made the progress we have done on literacy and numeracy…
The Oli De Botton Schools Column The row last week about pushy parents bending the rules to get their kids into good schools was instructive for progressives. It neatly highlighted two key problems that stand in the way of greater…
