Desperate attempt to make it appear DfE data has OECD seal of approval
In its panicked attempts to defuse the severe...
Read moreForget global – DfE compares UK with G7 for more flattering comparison
The Department for Education (DfE) is attempting...
Read moreThis is the title of a Guardian article which appeared on 11 September 2018. The following (in italics) are excerpts.
Major study of 1.8...
Read moreFormer Education Secretary Justine Greening has been speaking at the Sutton Trust .
Former Education Secretary Justine Greening’s...
Read moreThe UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) has criticised the Department for Education (DfE) on many occasions about its use of official statistics (see...
Read moreThe release of ‘regular and ad hoc’ official statistics should be announced in advance through a 12-month release calendar, the UK Statistics...
Read moreIt’s happened before. And it’s likely to happen again. The Department for Education (DfE) publishes an announcement with misleading data. This is...
Read moreIt should be straightforward to find inspection reports. Type in a school’s name on Ofsted’s search page and the school’s record appears.
... Read moreThe Department for Education’s use of statistics has often been criticised by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). Using flawed figures to claim...
Read moreSince I published this article I have received a lot of email correspondence from internationally respected academics. The general thrust of this...
Read moreThis article shows that the East Asian education systems that come out at the top of the PISA rankings sink to the bottom half of the table when...
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Melissa Benn, Chair of Comprehensive Future, annotates Theresa May’s supposedly ‘One Nation’ speech on the steps of Downing Street on...
Read moreThe current controversy over the owners’responsibility for the collapse of the high street retailer BHS – on top of the shareholders’ revolt over...
Read morePhasing out private and grammar schools in the UK is essential if the increasingly cross party call for ‘equality of opportunity for all’ is...
Read moreInternational test results show how England’s education system needs further reform, says Education Secretary Nicky Morgan in the foreword to the...
Read moreYesterday, the Guardian published an excellent piece by journalist John Harris on the death of creativity and enjoyment of learning our state...
Read more‘Call to ban students with poor English and maths from universities’, says TES commenting on the OECD report ‘Building Skills...
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This book is a truly collaborative effort, a distillation of the thinking and writing of...
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