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4 Reasons Why Teach First Might Be A Good Idea (& 22 Reasons Why It Might Not) 27 Jul 2013 | 03:24 pm
Given recent political limelight-sharing speeches, and education news media puff pieces, we thought it important to restore some balance to the current largely light-touch media debate on Teach First....
Is The Result Of This Systematic Review Of Teacher Merit Pay A Foregone Conclusion? 27 Mar 2013 | 04:03 am
On March 1st 2013 it was announced at the Campbell Collaboration that a systematic review of merit pay (aka performance-related pay, bonuses, incentives etc.) for teachers was to be conducted this yea...
What Makes Daniel Willingham A Scientist? 4 Mar 2013 | 01:46 am
“Our curriculum is based on years of analysis of the world’s most successful school systems, from east Asia to Massachusetts, and is backed by leading academics such as scientist Daniel Willingham” (E...
Where’s Wally? How To Spot A Corporate Education Reformer 9 Feb 2013 | 10:32 pm
A further excerpt, this time from the writings of another strong critic of the corporate education reform movement, Leonie Haimson (@leoniehaimson), who leads Class Size Matters in New York City (“a n...
A Teach First Primer: The American Experience 9 Feb 2013 | 09:57 pm
What follows is a summary of the concerns raised by Andrew Hartman (@HartmanAndrew), teacher of history at Illinois State University and author of Education and the Cold War: The Battle for the Americ...
Is ‘Good Will Hunting’ A Film About The Purpose Of Education? 18 Oct 2012 | 03:49 am
Listening to Sean (Robin Williams) speak to Will Hunting (Matt Damon) at Boston Common at the beginning of the film Good Will Hunting, it struck us that Sean’s words of wisdom could well have been aim...
US & UK Education Privatisation: The Differences 9 Oct 2012 | 01:13 pm
Renowned historian of education, educational policy analyst, and research professor Diane Ravitch today summarises nicely how education ‘reform’ “now in full operation in states across the nation” wor...
Global Education Reform or Global Education Messianism? Talmon & ‘The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy’ 8 Oct 2012 | 09:32 pm
J.L.Talmon’s ‘The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy’ (Secker & Warburg, 1952) celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Talmon became a Professor of History but not before doing his PhD at the London...
Does the UK Economy really need ’10,000 extra science graduates’? 2 Oct 2012 | 04:10 am
The Royal Academy of Engineering report, Jobs and Growth: the Importance of Engineering Skills to the UK Economy, published today, calculates that the UK needs an annual minimum of 100,000 graduates i...
Gove’s GCSE Reform Speech: Our View 20 Sep 2012 | 04:26 am
With much anticipation, we listened yesterday afternoon to England Education Secretary, Michael Gove’s, statement to the House of Commons on his proposed reforms to the current nationwide GCSE examina...
