It is a month since the Election, and the new coalition government is beginning to shake itself out. Last summer the Initiative issued a Briefing Paper for Parliamentarians on the Design Faults at the Heart of English Education. Each MP had a copy and so shortly will all recently-elected Members.

Seeing beyond political correctness The English have a predilection for argument, and especially love those who challenge political correctness.  We like the underdog.  First it More

The sound of bat on ball; the excited cry of ‘how’s that?’ and the respectful clapping for the batsman for being dismissed without scoring a More

“Education is what remains after you have forgotten everything you ever learnt in school”, claimed Mark Twain.  We don’t remember, at least I don’t, the More