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‘The government’s squalid targets have forced the arts into retreat in schools’
The twin pressures of accountability and underfunding are narrowing what we teach our students – and ministers are in denial about it – writes one respected educationist
15 June 2017
‘Teachers must take advantage of the general election chaos, and take ownership of schools policy’
But first, we need two things: sustainable funding, and to be left alone by politicians, writes Geoff Barton
9 June 2017
‘When the world outside appears to have fallen apart, teachers will make sure the world inside remains reassuringly familiar’
Today, without fanfare, teachers and school leaders up and down the country will be quietly doing the right thing, doing us proud
23 May 2017
‘The Conservatives’ idea of great meritocracy is elitist and ill-suited for the nation’s post-Brexit needs’
We need an education system that helps all young people to achieve their full potential – and today’s Conservative manifesto falls short of that, writes the Association of School and College Leaders’ new general secretary
18 May 2017
Geoff Barton on Labour’s manifesto: ‘There’s good, there’s bad and there’s woolly’
‘Well-intentioned, but woefully vague’: Jeremy Corybn’s bold promises need a bit more detail, writes Association of School and College Leaders’ new general secretary, as he picks apart Labour’s manifesto
16 May 2017
‘Schools and pupils are victims of shifting expectations and politicians making things up as they go along’
We’re once again seeing the consequences of linking the way we judge pupils to the way we judge schools, writes the incoming general secretary of ASCL
29 March 2017
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