Squeezed Middle: We all want to equip our kids for the future, but Mandarin at four years old?
There is a tiny, nagging part of my brain that thinks I should be more like Rosa.
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Leader: Tristram Hunt could allow Labour to regain control of the education debate
The new shadow education secretary's eloquence and media savviness will allow him to challenge the self-confident Michael Gove.
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By“Students and schools are just collateral damage in party political squabbles”
An open letter on the government's decision to limit schools' ability to enter students early for GCSEs.
ByIs private school like “social leprosy”?
You wouldn't feel guilty about buying a house, a car, or a holiday, so why feel guilty about paying for…
ByRobert Peston: What will survive of us is love
BBC Business Editor Robert Peston explores the question "what makes us human" in the light of the tragic loss of…
ByIn defence of boarding school
Is boarding school really a form of abuse, as some have claimed? Fred Wienand argues that our view of schooling…
ByWe should be giving kids more exams, not fewer
In progressive circles, testing now inspires a lot of scepticism, if not outright hostility. But there's a lot of evidence…
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