Despite big changes in childcare policy at the end of the 20th century, we’re asking many of the same questions as in the 1960s.
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New research says we’re doing the wrong things to improve “quality” in our schools, but the measures of quality used are not the right ones.
The new majority Tory government now has the confidence in pursuing its aspirational education manifesto.
Kenya’s public schools are scoring a failing grade. Now several pieces of government policy are threatening low-cost private schools’ ability to fill the gap.
The next government will inherit an education system that is creaking under the strain of largely inept political meddling.
The fashionistas aren’t flocking there yet but things are happening in Brick City – especially when it comes to education policy.
Our expert takes stock of UKIP’s policies on early childhood, primary, secondary, further, and higher education. It’s a mixed bag.
The experts assess whether the claims in the Liberal Democrats’ manifesto align with the evidence.
Our experts review the evidence behind the Green Party’s big ticket policies.
After five years of polarising and radical reforms, the Tories aren’t letting up on their vision for schools.
Can Labour get by on zombie policies, when it comes to education.
A relentless focus on test results is alienating children with special needs.
From the academies programme to the size of school budgets, the issues to watch in this election campaign.
Including faith schools as part of a broader network is a surer way of bringing communities closer together.
A new report from MPs on the Education Select Committee calling for sex education to be made statutory, has much in it to be welcomed by those who have been campaigning for improvements in the provision…
Ed Miliband’s pledge that Labour, if elected, would limit school classes for five, six and seven-year-olds to 30 pupils reignites a core question about how best to spend money to improve education. In…
It is not yet possible to tell whether the government’s flagship academies policy has been “a positive force for change” in the English education system. That’s the finding of a long-awaited report by…
The thorny issue of what democracy is, what it’s not and whether it is an appropriate system for government has been at the top of the agenda at the start of 2015. At the same time, we are in the lead-up…
The Durham Free School is to have its government funding removed in a snap decision made by Nicky Morgan, the secretary of state for education. The move comes after a damning Ofsted report which found…
In 2013, 3,900 young people were permanently excluded from secondary schools in England. The most common reason for these children to be removed from the mainstream school system was persistent disruptive…
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Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
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Adjunct associate professor, Southern Cross University
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Education Futures, The University of Melbourne
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Director of Research and Deputy Head of Southampton Education School, University of Southampton
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Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, School of Education, University of Nottingham
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Professor and Head of School, School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Derby
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Executive Director, Public Policy Institute, Australian Catholic University
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