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One leading educationist looks back on her career as a teacher when the focus was on developing ‘active citizens’ and learning beyond the classroom

The squeeze on the arts in state education suggests that we may be heading back to class-based culture wars in which the arts are for certain classes only, writes one leading educationist

Why is the government fixated on returning to grammar schools when it could be focusing on projects, such as the Cultural Citizens initiative?

Greater collaboration is the only way to remove the barriers to cultural engagement and create social change, writes one leading educationalist

We need to make sure even the most troubled children enjoy the benefits of an education in the arts – they are life-enhancing and can even be transformative, writes one leading educationalist

If this is the new normal, how do people who care deeply about rounded education ensure better provision, asks the former Children’s Commissioner for England