School closures over the past year have been damaging to the mental health of some of our children and the … Continue reading “Education reform after Covid: let’s go back to first principles”

Summary School closure has been damaging to the mental health of some children and to the educational progress of many. … Continue reading “Back to School – and After”

New research findings provide yet more evidence in favour of the low-cost private school revolution currently sweeping the developing world. … Continue reading “Lessons from Nigeria’s private school revolution”

Debates on education reform are usually based on a number of unstated assumptions. One is that we already “know” what … Continue reading “Why education must be set free”

Author of best selling educational Hacking Your Education and founder of the UnCollege Movement Dale Stephens discusses the current state of … Continue reading “THINK – Dale Stephens on Education”

One of the advantages of allowing free schools is the greater diversity of educational philosophies that can result, provided free schools are … Continue reading “Allow free schools to teach creationism, if they want to”

I was beginning to feel quite warm towards Michael Gove’s plans for more varied qualifications within schools, and then I … Continue reading “Count to ten before supporting Gove’s proposals to bring back the O-level”

The government’s Free Schools policy is widely regarded as a significant innovation; a radical shake-up of state education. The next … Continue reading “The role of prices in education”

As part of its on-going enquiry into the administration of 15-19 examinations in England, the Education Select Committee took evidence … Continue reading “A single exam board might seem a tidy solution, but further rationalisation of exams provision should be avoided”