Labor Omnia Vincit
Teaching Latin in primary state schools may be the answer to decling standards in literacy
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Here’s How Schools are Set Free, Mr Gove
The new Education Secretary's anti-statist revolution must live up to his rhetoric by allowing schools to set their own admissions policies
Never Too Old
The dearth of GCSE Greek courses — or indeed, Ancient Greek history — taught in state schools is to the great detriment of secondary school pupils
Will the Tories Give us the Schools We Deserve?
The Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Michael Gove, and the former Chief Inspector of Schools, Chris Woodhead, discuss the Conservatives’ reform plans with Daniel Johnson, the Editor of
Upwardly Immobile
The best way to give working-class children a better chance in life is to offer education vouchers
Boomerang Kids
Moving back to your parents’ house is fun at first, but boomeranging is a cause for concern Normally when I pop in to see my parents, my Mum bursts out of the
Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Saturday Reading School gives literacy classes to children from the local Mozart Estate
Dreams for their Children
The rise of Kenya's middle class offers the country, and the whole continent, hope for the future
A Novel Way to Treat a Writer
I have been inundated with emails from GCSE and A-level students who want me to spoonfeed answers on their set texts
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
You want it, you deserve it! That's the misleading message of a thousand self-help guides to instant bliss
Our Reading’s Bad – But Not That Bad
Literacy teaching has undergone massive changes, but more are needed in the modern world
A Cooler Shade of Red
A new museum exhibition of Cold War art leaves the nastiness of the communist system completely unacknowledged