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Into the woods: the rise of Forest School
Will this pedagogical phenomenon take root in the UK’s schools?
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How rotted is your brain?
Smartphones play a complicated role in our lives, but the conversation about them exists in black and white.
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Can Labour’s £315m school breakfast plan save a generation?
Without supporting the 900,000 children below the poverty-line who are ineligible for free lunchtime food, the policy risks being undermined.
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How to solve the teaching crisis
If the government and civil society groups get this right, we are pushing on an open door.
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The wrench of standing down as an MP – my dream job since childhood
Also this week: Celebrating Harlow’s rebirth, and memories of being cared for by Nurse Nadine Dorries.
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A boyhood built on fear
The cruelties of Maidwell Hall boarding school, described by Charles Spencer in his memoir, have blighted my adult life.
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The wisest investment in your child is not giving them a smartphone
Preserving your child’s ability to focus confers a competitive advantage.
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Seema Malhotra: The Tories are short-changing young people
The shadow skills minister on Labour's jobs agenda, reforming apprenticeships, and valuing creative subjects.
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The lesson Katharine Birbalsingh can’t teach
Britain’s strictest headteacher is preparing children for a society that no longer exists.
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Exclusive poll: Voters don’t trust the Tories on childcare
Few think Jeremy Hunt will deliver on his pledges to reduce costs of nursery settings.
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Demolition Britain – where new-build schools are too dangerous for pupils
Schools under two years old are being condemned while students shiver in tents or fall behind on lessons at home.
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Why did Nicola Sturgeon fail her own education mission?
The former Scottish first minister made schools her priority but the reality has been drift and decline.
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Letter of the week: Wealth and learning
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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A state in disrepair
Crumbling schools exemplify an age of private affluence and public squalor.
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Have the Conservatives forgotten education?
GCSE and A Level results are out, and the proportion of top grades have dipped since the pandemic years. It’s…
The case for student salaries
Also this week: the unfairness of A-levels and ministers who say results don’t matter.
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Education’s inequality curse
Rishi Sunak has protected the status quo in schools and universities, as the gaps of privilege and geography grow ever…
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Why the teacher strikes might not be over
The unions have accepted a pay deal, but industrial action could return if the problems in the sector don’t improve.
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