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Ed Dorrell
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Give free schools the freedom to innovate
Free schools were originally supposed to be all about driving diversity and innovation in schools – but somehow they have lost their way, writes Ed Dorrell
13 September 2019
Could Christine Blower be Labour’s schools minister?
The hard-left former NUT leader-turned-Labour peer has been working with Jeremy Corbyn’s office, writes Ed Dorrell
11 September 2019
Teachers would not accept excuses for JRM’s behaviour
The excuses made to justify Jacob Rees-Mogg’s slouching in the House of Commons would be laughed out of any classroom
4 September 2019
What schools could expect from a general election
We’d have lots of school funding talk, a bit about inspection – and not much else education-related, says Ed Dorrell
2 September 2019
Results day pressure overshadows teachers’ well-earned break
Our new education secretary should pay heed to how the blunt instrument of accountability is damaging the profession
9 August 2019
The Gove gang are back in business
Gavin Williamson may be the new education secretary, but Boris’s No 10 looks to be the new centre of schools-policy gravity
8 August 2019