Young Syrians shouldn’t be the lasting victims of this bloody war
When we think about the crisis in Syria it’s only natural that we start with the immediate threats…
Education
Liam Byrne: Labour planning “long-term shift to a graduate tax”
During the 2010 leadership contest, Ed Miliband announced that he favoured a Graduate Tax to replace university tuition…
The right-wing militant tendency driving education policy
Many teachers already think that Michael Gove’s policies border on lunacy, and a leaked thesis by one of the…
Al-Madinah school were merely puppets playing out the Government’s ideological experiment
Derby has attracted national headlines in the last few weeks for all the wrong reasons. The city’s Al-Madinah…
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…
A question for Tristram – What role should local authorities play in education?
Perhaps the most difficult question for any Shadow Education Secretary to answer is about the role of local…
5 things we learned from the Hunt/Reeves interviews today
There has been considerable interest today in interventions from Rachel Reeves and Tristram Hunt today on their new…
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…
A co-operative vision for schools
The current education system is more fragmented than at any point in the past 25 years. There are…
For high aspiration for all our children, vote Labour
This party conference season marks for many commentators and psephologists the starting line for the next General Election.…
