Fewer people with more qualifications can’t make childcare better
Childcare qualifications are great, but they don’t help you look after more children at once, as the government seems to…
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The fall in student applications could devastate the UK’s creative economy
The changes to student finance, the promotion of STEM subjects through the EBacc and visa issues for international students are…
ByStop blaming state school pupils for their lack of ‘confidence’
It’s easy to claim richer students are more confident because of their superior education, but it may be more accurate…
ByHow a trans teacher showed adults have more hang-ups about gender than primary school kids
Writing for NS Trans Issues Week, Jane Fae explains why the "think of the children" reaction to transness is just…
ByGove has abandoned Labour’s focus on school standards
By obsessing over structures, the Education Secretary has lost the drive for school improvement that existed under Labour’s academies programme.
ByWhy is Whirlwind Gove acting so fast?
By dismantling educational infrastructure at such a speed, Gove is ensuring that his successors as Education Secretary will struggle to…
ByHow knowledge makes you stupid
Martha Gill's Irrational Animals column.
ByTeaching kids to fear maths will harm Britain’s chances in the global economy
The prospect of learning maths scares us, but actually doing the proper stuff is rather enjoyable.
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