Comment Sexual and gender equality is far from a given in modern Britain – we must change that As a movement we can always be proud of the transformative changes the last Labour government made to… Tristram Hunt 3rd February, 2015, 1:18 pm
Comment The next Labour Government will finish the business of Butler This summer marked the seventieth anniversary of Rab Butler’s 1944 Education Act receiving Royal Assent. And with the… Tristram Hunt 10th December, 2014, 8:46 am
Comment Master teachers – our children’s life chances depend upon these reforms In chapter 2 of the Analects Confucius wrote: “A man who reviews the old so as to find… Tristram Hunt 6th July, 2014, 11:17 am
Comment The sphinx without a riddle ‘The sphinx without a riddle.’ No other description so beautifully encapsulates the futility of David Cameron’s tenure in… Tristram Hunt 19th June, 2014, 1:57 pm
Comment England expects a strategy for improving all its schools Clement Attlee’s first Minister for Education, Ellen Wilkinson, once said that: “It is important not to make plans… Tristram Hunt 30th April, 2014, 11:36 am
Comment We reject the government’s use of aggressive, free market competition in schools This week I received a letter from a disgruntled parent, Ms. Emily Leppenwell. Her children used to attend the… Tristram Hunt 3rd April, 2014, 12:20 pm
Comment A world class teacher in every classroom One of the many attractions of Ed Miliband’s ‘One Nation’ approach to politics is that it revives a… Tristram Hunt 31st January, 2014, 7:30 am
Comment Sorry Nick Clegg – these are your policies. Your record. Your failure “The doctrine of collective responsibility is not some old musty constitutional suit of armour. It is much more… Tristram Hunt 24th October, 2013, 11:35 am
Comment A good school place for every parent in every community – that’s Labour’s mission Whether Tony Blair knew it or not, when he made that comment on the importance of education he… Tristram Hunt 13th October, 2013, 10:31 am
Comment One Nation is not a slogan, it’s an idea whose time has come…again It was said that Benjamin Disraeli’s real political genius lay in his ability to teach his party. The… Tristram Hunt 12th May, 2013, 10:39 am