A question of degree It is hard to fault David Cameron’s comment that, when a child steps through the school gates for the first time, More

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Failure of leadership William Hogarth’s set of four satirical cartoons, Canvassing for Votes, published in 1758, showed prospective parliamentary candidates pouring beer down the throats More

The Best Possible The papers are again full of what qualifications youngsters should have before training to be a teacher, and then what assessment tests More

Quality teaching involves subject expertise, and knowledge of child development A most helpful Report has just been published by the Think Tank Politeia about teacher More