Leeds mother pleads for help with autistic daughter’s ballet school fees
Constance Bailey, from the deprived Seacroft estate, has a place at The Hammond School in Chester but cannot afford the costs
December 2018
Pupil brings legal action against school's isolation policy
‘An education arms race’: inside the ultra-competitive world of private tutoring
March 2017
Future schools: core subjects only, parents pay for the rest
Laura McInerney
It would perfectly suit Tory ideology for parents to pay for sport, music, extra reading … and for state schooling to be pared to the basics
November 2016
Saddle your steed, Sir Greg Martin, overpaid superhead, and gallop out of our schools
Fiona Millar
Politicians love the idea of unfettered edu-knights riding to the rescue of failing schools – but the head of Durand academy did not provide a miracle cure after all
September 2016
The prime minister wants to end the ban on new grammar schools. Quite right too
Robert McCartney
Academy and comprehensive schools are largely failures. Social mobility for bright pupils in deprived areas will be improved by more grammars
July 2016
Taxpayers fund large wages and lavish perks of academy school chiefs
Heads of taxpayer-funded independent chains are making claims that include fast cars, first-class travel and Marco Pierre White dining while schools struggle
September 2015
Debates about the right age to send kids to school preoccupy those who are already advantaged
Suzanne Moore
Complaints about the effect of summer babies being left behind at school may come from the ‘worried well’ of parenting. But all children start school too early. Let them play
September 2014
US sues for-profit Corinthian Colleges over 'predatory lending scheme'
Consumer protection agency sues college for more than $500m, saying Corinthian ‘lured in consumers with lies about jobs’
July 2014
The rise and fall of Corinthian Colleges and the wake of debt it left behind
Beset by financial implosion and an investigations, the sprawling company's collapse is a fable of a volatile, opaque business
June 2014
Michael Gove's toxic assault on schools is based on naked discrimination
Seumas Milne
Seumas Milne: By branding religious conservatism 'extremism' in Birmingham, ministers are making it clear that different rules apply to Muslims
January 2014
A divided education system breeds a divided UK
Letters: No matter how closely they bond, the continuing existence of two sectors makes the reduction of polarisation impossible
October 2013
Gove adviser's thesis: modest title disguises inflammatory ideas
Already a controversial figure, Dominic Cummings' paper will cause anger among many in the educational establishment
March 2013
Profit-making schools: good or bad idea?
The education secretary is said to favour allowing state schools to be money-making operations. We ask others what they think
February 2013
I'm setting up a free school – and I know the system isn't working
Toby Blume
Toby Blume: Affluent communities know how to capitalise on the policy – but what about those who are served worst by their local schools?
November 2012
Illegal school exclusions: how pupils are slipping through the net
'Managed moves' were meant to help keep pupils in education, but the system is being abused by schools, and mismanaged by local authorities, say insiders
June 2012
Profit-making schools threaten the moral purpose of education
Estelle Morris
Guardian Comment Network
Mitt Romney's blueprint for privatising American education
Diane Ravitch for NYR blog, part of the Guardian Comment Network
April 2012
Half of free schools still negotiating sites for autumn opening, minister says
Labour attacks gamble with education as supporters urge rethink of way 'hundreds coming forward' will find premises
March 2012
Teacher's blog
Are we heading for full profit-making schools?
Ron Glatter
Ron Glatter: Cosy mutual talk is just clouding the issue – if for-profit education is the goal, we should debate it directly
