The government’s new proposals on post-18 education and training are underwhelming. Bits and pieces are cherrypicked from Sir Philip Augar’s 2019 … Continue reading “Education and training reform: same old, same old”

At a time when millions of people are likely to become unemployed and some sectors will change forever, there has … Continue reading “Education beyond the classroom”

Given eight million households in Britain have school-aged children, it is “nonsensical” to talk of opening the economy while schools … Continue reading “To resume normality, we must open schools”

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”

Since the UK’s first low-cost private primary school of its kind was opened this term by James Tooley, it seems … Continue reading “Low-cost private schools are transforming education around the world. We should let them do the same in Britain”

Last week’s decision by the House of Commons Education Committee not to endorse the appointment of Amanda Spielman as Ofsted … Continue reading “Ofsted: too big to not fail”

Toby Young, Associate Editor of The Spectator, author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and What Every Parent Needs … Continue reading “THINK – Toby Young on Education”

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”

Professor Mark Pennington, Professor of Political Economy at King’s College and IEA Trustee, speaks about the support the IEA offered … Continue reading “IEA at 60 – Mark Pennington”