A new study has looked at what happend when grammar schools were made free to all children in the 1940s.
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Advice from five education academics on what the new secretary of state should prioritise.
Dealing with inequality should be the main priority.
Plans to turn all schools into academies by 2022 have caused a crisis within the party.
The government’s plans could come with many hidden costs.
The government has gravely misunderstood what parents contribute to school governance.
It will take time, but a education system governed by Regional Schools Commissioners might not be more reliable.
Unpacked: academy ramp-up, new teacher qualifications and school funding formula.
Five ways children will lose out by forcing all schools to become academies.
The government is consulting on proposals for a new schools funding formula.
A new grammar school has been given the go-head in Kent, despite evidence that selective education increases inequality.
The new wave of academies created since 2010 are very different to those that went before.
As children head back to class this week, another school will be opening its doors for the autumn term as an academy – in spite of opposition from parents and the community. From early September the Hewett…
The gap is growing between the best and worst chains of academies, according to new research.
Nicky Morgan has wasted no time on pursuing plans to intervene in schools where results are ‘flat-lining’.
From a College of Teaching to vocational education, international students and whether to raise tuition fees, there is a lot in the ministers’ inboxes.
The new majority Tory government now has the confidence in pursuing its aspirational education manifesto.
Working out how to solve the school place shortage will be a key priority for any new government.
The next government may have a teachers’ strike on its hands within months if it fails to address what unions have called a schools funding crisis. The National Union of Teachers has backed a motion to…
New guidance for schools on careers has brought Conservative policy round full circle.
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Professor in Public Policy and Management, The Open University
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Professor of Education, University of Wolverhampton
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Dean of Education, School of Education and Institute for Education, Bath Spa University
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Emeritus reader in science education and communication, University of Sussex
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Director of Research and Deputy Head of Southampton Education School, University of Southampton
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Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Derby
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