‘Labour must show how buildings aren’t the only way schools are crumbling’
Repeatedly claiming a public service is falling apart is a much easier political message to land if it…
Teaching
Here is what Labour in power must do to make our education system work for all
“A thin document that we believe represents a missed opportunity in many ways.” Such was the frustration of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
