Below, a link to my G2 cover feature on Britain’s continuing education divide, which promoted some lively comments on the twittersphere yesterday. 99% of the tweets were positive but there were some odd criticisms, in every sense, that I plan to address in a post over the next day or so. In the meantime, I… Continue reading…
Writings
I’m back….
The book, on education, is done. The cover is – nearly – finalised. The plans, for publication, are shaping up. Don’t let anyone tell you that a writer’s life is an easy one, particularly not for a book like this, commissioned, and executed, in double quick time: three months of interviews and school visits –… Continue reading…
Me v Toby Young
In today’s Guardian… heavily cut, but gives an idea of some of the arguments… Continue reading…
Draft dodging…….
Just a note to all my loyal blog readers to say that I am currently ( early 2011) immersed in writing a book – provisionally entitled: School Wars; the Battle for Britain’s Education – to be published by Verso later this year, and so will not be posting until the first draft is finished in… Continue reading…
Memo to Newsnight editors: give your guests a chance to speak!
Successful media performers usually combine instant availability ( don’t these people have lives to live, work to do, children to feed, elderly relatives to take care of????) with the ability to get their point across in a naturalistic way; neither too concise, nor too rambling. Too short an answer and you risk looking like Clement… Continue reading…
Forty years of feminism……..
Read Melissa Benn’s contribution/s to Women and the Revolution, a collection of articles from Guardian writers on Forty Years of Feminism, edited by Kira Cochrane and published tomorrow, November 25th. Continue reading…
Read all about it!
If you are interested in the long term implications of the government White Paper on education, published today, or interested in government policy, education quality and equality in general, please go to our new website/campaign The Local Schools Network – and join the debate! Continue reading…
Rozsika Parker
I was sad to hear of the premature death of Rozsika Parker, the writer and psychotherapist, author of the important feminist book, ‘Torn in two: the experience of maternal ambivalence’ published by Virago. I first spied Rosie when I was a rather serious young student revising for my finals and swimming very early every morning… Continue reading…
Join us please!
Below a piece I have written for tomorrow’s Guardian – part of our official launch of the Local Schools Network. If you believe in non selective high quality state education and want to help us further improve it, to the benefit of all children, not just a few, then please join our campaign group or… Continue reading…
Because you’re – all – worth it…
Read my latest post on the Local Schools Network – and then sign up and support us. A very interesting piece by Danny Dorling in today’s Guardian Education about a speaking tour he undertook around the country, just before the Comprehensive Spending Review, in which he visited a range of schools, including a local comprehensive,… Continue reading…
