Childcare costs put mothers in a bind, but free daycare may not be the best way out of it
Getting mothers of preschoolers back to work as soon as possible does not seem to me an unambiguously feminist development.
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Why it’s time to free schools from the tyranny of Ofsted
Let’s use this moment, when the pandemic is making us rethink so many aspects of how our lives and society…
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If Rod Liddle has the right to lecture Durham students about sex work, where’s my invitation to talk about cats?
After students were condemned for walking out of a surprise dinner talk by the controversial right-wing columnist, I have some…
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The SNP is shutting its eyes to the crisis in Scottish schools
After a prolonged period of lockdown and home-learning, the Covid hangover is being felt everywhere. What have education ministers and…
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What is the new University of Austin for?
A new university founded by Bari Weiss, Steven Pinker and others offers itself as the antidote to “cancel culture”.
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How Sussex University failed Kathleen Stock
The philosophy professor faced a resounding lack of institutional support as the campaign against her intensified.
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The Conservatives’ war on the humanities will hurt working-class students
In the name of “anti-elitist” politics, Britain’s cultural landscape will likely become even more middle class.
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If the Tories are serious about social mobility, they’ll have to level down the aspirations of middle-class parents
The social mobility in the government’s imagination is one in which nobody suffers – but that option no longer exists.
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