Teachers’ strike: the way schools are funded in England is ripe for reform
As teachers strike over stretched budgets, here's why our education system needs a new funding formula.
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How are graduates who move abroad getting away with not paying off their student loans?
As the student loan repayment threshold falls, we speak to some of the estimated 14,000 students living abroad and defaulting…
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I hate agreeing with Andy Burnham – but he’s got a point about Northern ambition
The Greater Manchester mayoral candidate has suggested ambitious Northern children are mocked. It's a generalisation – but is there a grain…
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Why English schoolchildren are so unhappy
With more testing than ever and increased waiting times for child mental health services, what can be done to alleviate…
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Leader: Stop meddling in our schools
Instead of meddling with structures, the government should address the growing teacher shortage.
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Academies offer a Tory lesson in power, a right royal snitch – and my vegetable love
On the Queen's views, Tory school reforms and the rising homeless population.
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George Osborne just announced the biggest appropriation of Church land since the Reformation
Hey, it worked once!
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Leader: The end of the comprehensive
The plan to transform schools into academies is just the latest evidence that this government has no coherent education policy.
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