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Academy schools mean more competition for schools – but must dog eat dog?
Most secondary schools in Plymouth are now academies and are free from local authority control, but the council is determined to make a collaborative model workThe imposing brick facade of Hele's...
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Weaker schools face squeeze as Gove unleashes academies
Education secretary argues in a Guardian interview that the changes will enable good schools to expandMinisters want to scrap restrictions on the expansion of the most popular state schools, allowing...
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Academies in England: where are the schools and where will the new ones be?
Hundreds of schools in England are applying to become academies. Where are they?• Get the dataAcademies in England are taking over, with over 600 already open and at least another 700 in the...
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Gove's silent schools revolution may ease the state-private divide | Julian...
The education secretary's plans, quietly enacted, won't turn every school into Eton but could turn Eton into the exceptionThe seven ages of coalition policymaking run something like this. First, a...
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Beauty Is in the Street: the power of protest posters
A new book reminds us of powerful, unifying posters designed by students during the May 1968 Paris uprising. But where are the design campaigns from the youth of today?Three years ago the media marked...
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Cribsheet 23.05.11
Is Gove right to allow the expansion of the most popular schools? Plus, what sort of education do Bangladesh's madrasas provide? And should schools install CCTV cameras?Special report: Inside...
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21 February 1922: Sir Eric Geddes and his axe
The Geddes report is producedThe Geddes report was a response to spiralling national debt and lavish expenditure following the first world war. It recommended cuts to defence and social services,...
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No to pyjamas on the school run
After parents turned up for meetings with teachers wearing pyjamas, schools in Teesside decided to take action.It is a phenomenon that is not just restricted to parts of the north, where wearing...
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Teachers quit the UK for Abu Dhabi
Financial incentives are just one reason teachers are leaving the UK in droves to work in Abu DhabiBeverley Wade is poised to sever her final ties with Britain. She has sold her horse and her house in...
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NHS is failing to support vulnerable young people, says children's minister
Sarah Teather says the supply of speech therapy and basic equipment for children with special needs has become a 'postcode lottery'The children and families minister has attacked the health service for...
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Letters: Profit motive behind academies
The description of All Saints academy in Plymouth, "in one of the more deprived parts of the city", with "outdated buildings" and "a warren of temporary classrooms … from the 1960s", illustrates the...
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Is your school a dream school?
If your school lives up to our Children's Manifesto, we'd like to hear about itIs your school good at listening to children and acting on their wishes? Are the teachers friendly and not shouty? Is your...
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Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year 2011 – the winners
Judges of the competition, run by Learnnewsdesk with Amnesty International, were overwhelmed by the quality of the entries, which explored human rights abuses in many different countriesBack in...
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Rift grows between public schools
Independent Schools Council is under fire from its own members as it goes to court over charity statusThe country's independent schools are, like Imogen Thomas and an unnamed footballer, having their...
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Education letters
The Guardian University Guide and the value of value-added, early applications, degrees in FEValuable guide?Last week saw publication of the Guardian University Guide 2012, which ranks universities for...
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Are children still a priority for the government?
Children seem to have slipped down the government's list of priorities, ousted by academies and free schools. That is a mistake, argues Estelle MorrisIf the aim of a website is to give a clear...
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Universities step up overseas recruiting
Universities are recruiting overseas students in greater numbers – and not just to boost funds, they say, but to ensure a diverse student bodyAccess to university should be based on ability to learn,...
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Colleges must learn from the financial mistakes of the past
Many colleges are under pressure to subcontract work, but they must remember the financial scandals of the 1990s, says Nick LinfordThe 1990s was a decade of turmoil for further education colleges....
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Academics lose confidence in government's lack of direction
Oxford dons are lining up to vote in a no confidence motion against David Willetts. So what does this mean for the government's higher education strategy? Asks Jonathan BlackOxford dons are to vote on...
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