You don’t win over young people by blocking their access to education
Rishi Sunak has promised to scrap degrees that don't lead to high salaries — but low pay does not indicate…
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If Rishi Sunak cares so much about education, why won’t he fund it?
A certain ex-chancellor wouldn’t even fund post-Covid catch-up support for pupils.
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The best defence against online child abuse isn’t legislation – it’s education
With "self-generated" imagery being a growing problem, the Online Safety Bill urgently needs to include sex education.
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Against school
The 20th-century social critic Ivan Illich’s radical, egalitarian model of learning has never been more relevant to today’s hyper-commoditised education…
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Chris Pilcher: An inspirational teacher
Editor's Note: Sometimes you encounter someone, however fleetingly, who leaves a deep impression. Since meeting Mr Pilcher, I have often…
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Rachel de Souza: Make school days longer to boost mental health
The children’s commissioner says extended school hours could improve well-being and ease social isolation.
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Since when is the point of an English degree getting a “highly skilled” job?
This government’s Gradgrindist education policies seem like a deliberate assault on independent thought.
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Relaxing nursery ratios is no answer to the cost-of-living crisis
The government's proposal will do little, if anything, to reduce the cost of early years places for parents.
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Exclusive: Primary schools are outsourcing PE despite £2.2bn investment
Research reveals how the legacy of the 2012 Olympics turned into the “deskilling” of a generation of teachers.
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Why the Tories love grammar schools
Grammar schools aren't just a bad idea – they're bad politics, too.
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Is Britain’s Strictest Headmistress a visionary or a tyrant?
Many of Katharine Birbalsingh’s rules seem petty beyond belief – but she gets results. What does her approach tell us…
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Tony Blair is right: more people should go on to higher education
Rather than trying to limit the number who enter university, we should focus on making it more effective.
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Inflation is eating away at Britain’s schools and hospitals
Rising prices are hitting the most important workers the hardest.
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Will the SNP ever address the Scottish schools crisis?
Failing to educate children effectively is about as grievous a state deficiency as can be imagined.
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Child Q’s story wasn’t the first — and it won’t be the last
The difficult thing is getting people to engage with stories of black people, convincing them that we're human in the…
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Poor kids need full bellies, not more trips to museums
Fanciful chatter about "cultural poverty" obscures material poverty.
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Bullies in their bedrooms
Children's lives are defined by the internet, but whose job is it to keep them safe?
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Exclusive: Majority of poorer pupils could be barred from university under loan rules
Entry requirements for student finance could block up to 55 per cent of children from disadvantaged backgrounds, the New Statesman…
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Nadhim Zahawi: How the Skills Bill will revolutionise the route from learning to earning
Reforms will help us put an end to decades of dawdling productivity.
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Cooking, cushion covers and coffee roasting: A different sort of prison education
Is the government doing enough to support prisoner education initiatives?
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