Faith-based school admissions are state-sanctioned discrimination
The debate about the role of faith in education has been plunged into the spotlight in recent weeks…
Education
The Birmingham schools controversy raises many questions – and not just for Muslims
Michael Gove’s intervention in the Trojan Horse schools controversy is defined by incompetence and contradiction. He wants our…
Literacy is the key to unlocking the potential of millions
If you are reading this, count yourself lucky; you are not one of the 1 in 5 adults…
Raising standards by devolving power and accountability
The Report published last week, recommending how Labour should treat school structures and functions after our return to Government…
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…
LabourList readers want Tuition Fees scrapped – and Higher Education funded through taxation
LabourList readers want an end to tuition fees. That’s the clear outcome of our latest weekly survey –…
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…
Labour drags Downing Street into Gove’s Ofsted row
Michael Gove has been making the headlines this weekend for the sacking of Labour peer Sally Morgan as…
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…
We could have stronger universities that charge much lower fees
The introduction of £9000 a year university fees defined the new Coalition for many. Nick Clegg’s honest image…
