Lee Elliot Major argues that professional learning must be a joint enterprise “Teach less, teach better.” John Tomsett’s impassioned words prompted immediate applause from the assembled teachers gathered from around…
Fiona Millar: The big election idea should be trust teachers
…away to be precise. But the big education idea has yet to reveal itself. What will it be? My prediction is that “choice” and its twin sister, “diversity”, will finally…
Rosamund Urwin: £926 a month – the cost of being an unpaid intern
Evening Standard columnist Rosamund Urwin reflects on the Sutton Trust interns research. It’s easy to collect internship horror stories. A friend who works on the ultra-competitive creative side in advertising…
Helping parents to make a difference
…half (45%) of children from the poorest fifth of families were read to daily at age 3, compared with 8 in 10 (78%) of children from the richest fifth of…
School places: a guide through the minefield of admissions
…have intakes that are very different from their local communities. And a recent survey by the pressure group Comprehensive Future found that in some parts of the country up to…
Feeding the Brain
…free school meals for all children regardless of income. Last week, the Liberal Democrats announced that this would be universal entitlement for all 5-7 year-olds from September 2014, with a…