Conor Ryan on what this week’s news tells us about social mobility Education Secretary Justine Greening recalled yesterday how she’s missed out on a banking job because she hadn’t taken…
Insights from the Anglosphere
Lee Elliot Major contrasts England’s education performance with other English speaking countries. “England and America are two countries divided by a common language.” Was this famous phrase uttered by George…
Children of ‘just managing families left out by grammars’
BBC News’ Judith Burns cites findings from our Gaps in Grammar report. “There is a strong indication that families on below average earnings are not being helped by the current…
Sir Peter Lampl: Our focus has to be on training better teachers
Sir Peter Lampl wrote for the i newspaper on the PISA results Governments around the globe await the three-yearly PISA results with bated breath. They tell us how well our…
Want to help your northern child? Become a pushy southern parent
Emine Saner highlighted Sutton Trust research on private tuition in a Guardian piece on the North-South education divide Blame the parents. According to Anne Longfield, the children’s commissioner, one reason…
Northern mothers must learn to be pushy, says children’s tsar
Rosemary Bennett cites Sutton Trust research on private tuition in a Times news article. Laid-back northern mothers should follow the example of their pushy southern sisters if they want their…