So, Just What Were The Positive Aspects Of Slavery?
It probably isn't a good idea to set 13 year olds a piece of school work which asks them to list the positive aspects...
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...
How To Solve The Ghastly Problem Of Essay Mills
An essay mill is where some student with more money than motivation pays someone like me to write their homework for them. I have...
If Universities Aren’t Producing The Workers Business Wants Then There’s No Economic Argument For...
There's a standard Stalinist mistake made in the education sector these days. It is to assume that more capital makes us all richer, without...
War Graves
From our Swindon Correspondent:
From the BBC
The government has apologised for failures to properly commemorate black and Asian troops who died in World War One fighting...
But How Many Foreigners Are Doing Creative Arts And Grievance Studies?
Around and about half of student loans are never repaid, meaning that the taxpayer - you and me - picks up the bill. This...
Parents Like School Choice Even Though It Makes No Difference
Or rather, school choice appears to make no difference to exam results. And yet parents still prefer it. On the grounds that there are...
Clearly, We Should Abolish State Schools
The logical outcome of this finding is that we should abolish state schools altogether and everyone should go to private schools.
For we do, righteously,...
How German – Your Children Will Be Educated By The State, Not Homeschooled
The usual stereotype of Germany, where everything not forbidden is mandatory, is only a little overblown. After all the one great lesson of the...
Generation Snowflake – Maths Question About Calories Triggers Students
Given the collective age around here we've not quite got to the point of understanding the "trigger" fashion. As far as we do grasp...