Paying the School Lunch Debts Isn’t The Point – Making The Parents Give A...
A school district in Pennsylvania has told parents that if they don't pay off the debts their kids have run up for school lunches...
The Education System For The 93% Should Teach Which 1% Interests?
Quite obviously, given the historic interest, the public school system must indeed teach the techniques of safe gay sex under a necessity that doesn't...
Proof Perfect That We Should Leave The Grammar Schools Alone
The argument against grammar schools is that they perpetuate privilege. The middle classes - the upper middle classes even - use them to give...
The University Of The West Of England’s Suicide Rate Is Bang On Average, Or...
There's one of these little scandalettes about the suicide rate at the University of the West of England. A student representative wanted to know...
Perfect, We Can Abolish Private Schools – But, Then, Why Would We Bother?
There's a vociferous section of British opinion that insists that we must abolish private schools. This is just the rich buying privilege for their...
The Report Into Sex Abuse Allegations At Downside And Ampleforth
The report into historic reports of sexual abuse of children at Ampleforth and Downside has been released. There's a personal interest here as I...
The Value Of Internships
Some commentators falsely suppose that unpaid internships are no more than exploitation of free labour. They suggest that interns working for no money deprive...
So, Labour Wants To Steal All The Money From Eton
To be against private schools, well, chacun a son gout as the enemy say. That parents sending their kids to them also already pay...
No More Library Fines Because – Of Course – Social Inequality
There are indeed reasons why library fines might not be the most sensible things to be charging. But that's different from whether they're the...
All That US Help To Poor Kids In School Makes No Difference At All
At least, no great difference in the gap between poor kids and richer kids in achievements at school. Which is something of a pity...