Invent a Job for Teachers: How to create a job worth leaving school for

Here’s some bad news. You know that person you want to be in 2016? The one who eats healthily,...

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Preliminary findings from the Spoken British National Corpus

Over the years I’ve noticed how some words in education become synonymous with certain noises. If invited to talk...

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Opinion

Why having one exam board isn’t as smart as Nick Gibb thinks it is

Reports that schools minister Nick Gibb wants GCSEs and A levels to be provided by one exam board were...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney

The Gove Legacy: Education in Britain after the Coalition

The problem with being in education and reading a book about Michael Gove is that it’s a bit like...

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Establishing a new school: and getting it right from the start

Four years ago I wrote a series of blogs about how to open a free school. Unexpectedly, they became...

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Education select committee retrospective

Film: Education select committee retrospective, YouTube Television is democracy at its “ugliest” said Paddy Chayefsky, the American playwright famed...

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In Short

5 recommendations from the Trojan Horse: Extremism in Schools Report

The Education Select Committee has today revealed its report into the ‘Trojan Horse’ investigations. It raises concerns that: –...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
Opinion

Scrapping levels was great says Nick Gibb – but he forgets the impact on workload

Last week, members of the government’s ‘assessment without levels’ commission were announced. Much was made of the fact that...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney
In Short, Opinion

6 super-nerdy things you might have missed in the Policy Exchange free school report

Today’s Policy Exchange ‘research’ conveniently released a bunch of positive facts about free schools on the exact same day...

Laura McInerney
Laura McInerney