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...
George Monbiot Forgets Gramsci’s Long March Through The Institutions
There are indeed legitimate complaints to make about academia and this isn't one of them. That academics study advertising and its effect upon us...
Angela Rayner Needs Schooling – Education Is Not A Public Good
It is entirely possible to say that education is good for the public, that it's a good - perhaps service but still - desired...
Raising The School Leaving Age Reduces Crime – Because They’re All In School
That more education reduces crime is something that can be gleaned from the plain statistics. But why? It could be that the better educate...
What Inequality? Even The Rich Have To Cheat Their Way Into College These Days
This strikes me as all most amusing. A scam whereby the children of the rich and famous get to cheat on their college entrance...
Downside Monastery To Close
A bit of a pity but this is the real reason:
“The main driver is that this is a building we have been in for...
Labour’s Lucy Powell Insists Universities Are Thick As Pigsh**
There's really no way around this, the Labor MP Lucy Powell is claiming, nay insisting, that all the universities in the country are entirely...
Of Course Children Are Most At Risk Of Stabbings On Way Home From School
This finding should be filed under the "Well, what did you expect?" heading - that schoolchildren are most at risk of being stabbed on...
This Is Insane – Covid-19 Bans On Cars On The School Run
There are weird suggestions out there, of course there are. The idea that Shirley McLean really was Nefertiti comes to mind. There are insane...
Labour Insists The University Admissions System Is Staffed By The Ignorant
There could be a certain amount of truth to this contention, that the British university system is staffed by the ignorant. We think particularly...