Teachers will want to vote Labour but only if they’re equal partners in making education better
‘Education, education, education’ was how Tony Blair announced New Labour’s priorities for a 1997 government agenda. 17 years…
Education
How the government introduced a “Laptop tax” for disabled students
Wednesday is UN International Day of Disabled People. A day to celebrate the contribution disabled people make to…
Time to pay school support staff their due
The debate about schools, pupil attainment and changes to our education system rages on. Yet there is one…
How can we tackle the “social apartheid” in Britain’s education system?
We live a country blighted by a form of “social apartheid”. Strong words. But not mine, and not…
Tristram Hunt tells private schools to bring down “Berlin Wall” with state sector – or lose £700 million in tax breaks
Labour will announce plans to ‘recast’ the relationship between state and private schools, it has been announced. In a…
5 education pledges I want to see from the Labour Party
Up to now, Miliband has toyed at the edges of education, with no real commitment to how it…
The Department for Education says LGBT rights are not “British values”
This morning the official Twitter account of the Department for Education tweeted that it wants schools to teach…
Labour shouldn’t offer cosmetic solutions for our education system
Until told otherwise I am going to assume that all teachers have a deep and noble interest in…
Tristram, an oath won’t change why a degree and a PGCE aren’t a status guarantee
With a pocket full of dreams and with a considerable amount of student debt, I’ve just started my…
After 18% pay cut under Tories, Labour will ensure a “fair deal” for school support staff
Labour will introduce a new national bargaining body for school support staff to “ensure that they get a…
