The lost boys: how the white working class got left behind
The gap between poor and middle-class white pupils is widening. What can we do about the educational plight of underprivileged…
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Grammar schools don’t work – and they’re dead on arrival in the House of Lords
With no mandate from the people for this change, they'll be voted down, vows Labour peer Mike Watson.
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The strange neglect of political education – and how to revive it
Citizenship classes are treated as a joke, while students can drop the social sciences age 14.
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There is much to celebrate this results day, but A-levels remain deeply flawed
It’s time for post-qualification admissions – the system of predicted grades and clearing harms pupils, universities, and the taxpayer.
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Leader: Grammar schools and social mobility
Rather than reinstating grammar schools, focusing on early-years education would be a more productive way of undermining the stranglehold of…
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As loans replace student grants, the poorest graduates will leave with the most debt
University maintenance grants have been replaced by maintenance loans.
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Cabinet audit: what does the appointment of Justine Greening as Education Secretary mean for policy?
The political and policy-based implications of the new Secretary of State for Education.
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How can schools teach sexual consent if they can’t even talk about it?
As universities are addressing sexual consent and lad culture, schools are falling behind on the same issues.
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