Opinion: Policy

The new government must reset the relationship with the sector. Here’s how

To develop and implement workable and sustainable policies, the new government must work with the sector – not against...

JL Dutaut
Alice Gregson
Opinion: Policy

Can a Labour government make teaching a great career again?

In 2018, Becky Allen and I (Sam) wrote a book about the severe shortage of teachers in England. It...

JL Dutaut
Sam Sims and Marie Hamer
Opinion: Policy

There’s only one way to deliver 6,500 more ‘expert’ teachers

The election is over and reality is about to start punching promises in the face. Let’s hope something good...

JL Dutaut
Tim Leunig
Opinion: Policy

Labour must take a less-is-more attitude to the national curriculum

Any curriculum review must be as serious about what to jettison as what to adopt. Here are two ways...

JL Dutaut
Professor Becky Allen
Opinion: Policy

Twelve things that will change in the government’s educational world view if Labour wins

Governing is as much about leading as it is about making decisions - and Labour's approach will feel very...

JL Dutaut
Ed Dorrell
Opinion: Policy

Schools can tackle poverty – but not alone and not this way

Schools can be pivotal in ending child poverty, but they need to be treated as integral to the process...

JL Dutaut
John Camp
Opinion: Policy

Cultural education: How the manifestos stack up

How do the main parties' promises measure up to the scale of the challenge for cultural education?

JL Dutaut
Jenny Waldman
Opinion: Policy

Move slow and build: Labour’s manifesto offers hope

Some will criticise its lack of radicalism, says Liz Robinson, but its policies are grounded in respect for the...

JL Dutaut
Liz Robinson
Opinion: Policy

The Conservatives’ manifesto is a blueprint for a collapsing house

These are policies for the managed decline of education rather than a charter for the renewal it so desperately...

JL Dutaut
Dan Morrow