Comment Schools will continue to help the vulnerable even if the government won’t Conservative MP Alec Shelbrooke has said that he didn’t vote to extend free school meals during holidays in… Tom Clements 26th October, 2020, 3:07 pm
Comment What it’s like to be a school teacher during the coronavirus crisis Teaching, the saying goes, is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre. Over the last week, the government has… James McAsh 24th March, 2020, 7:51 am
Comment There is a retention crisis in teaching; here’s how Labour can solve it As we have been warning for the last seven years, this Conservative Government has created a recruitment crisis… Tom Clements 8th January, 2018, 11:26 am
Comment Laura Smith: Politics isn’t geared up for people like me – but by being in parliament I can make a difference The most common questions I am asked is how do you do this job with young children? How… Laura Smith 18th October, 2017, 9:00 am
Comment This ideological plan for more academies is as bad as Lansley’s NHS reforms It is astonishing that, at a time of major cuts to school budgets, the Government would think it… Richard Watts 16th March, 2016, 5:00 pm
Comment Will Labour stop discrimination against teachers in faith schools? Ed Miliband’s new education chief says ‘All the evidence suggests that the quality of an individual teacher is… Naomi Phillips 8th February, 2014, 11:32 am
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 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 Axing teaching assistants is more about austerity than improving outcomes for young people An article in the Daily Mail earlier this week suggested that the education secretary Michael Gove is seeking to axe… Gena Merrett 7th June, 2013, 1:15 pm