An Open Letter to Michael Gove
Dear Mr Gove National Curriculum and Mary Seacole I have added my name to the 35,000 plus signatories…
Education
What on earth has gone wrong with a country where we can’t feed our children?
I spent a snowy day recently back at primary school shadowing a teacher who is responsible for child…
Johann Lamont suggests free university education in Scotland could end
In an address at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont said that state-funded university education…
One Nation Labour and the lessons of Surestart
By Duncan O’Leary One Nation Labour signals a move away from technocratic politics to a much richer story…
The Arc of Underachievement: How to ensure no school is left behind
One of the achievements I am most proud of is the way in which the gap between the…
Selective faith schools – why Labour should say no
New Labour left an appalling legacy of the mass expansion of state-funded, discriminatory faith schools. They facilitated the…
For profit schools – view from a school governor
First the NHS, now our education system. James O’Shaughnessy, the freshly-departed Head of Policy at No 10, who…
Four letter Tory words
Few four letter words are as fatal for the Tory brand as “Posh” “Toff” and “Pleb”. The government’s…
Gove should apologise to young people – not write them off
I’ve been around in politics a while and few things surprise me anymore. But I’ve just seen the…
Government hires wonk who thinks Northern cities should be abandoned
Remember when Policy Exchange – often cited as Cameron’s favourite think tank – argued that Northern Cities were…
