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Published in: Shine A LightREVEALED: The Brexit-backing businessmen taking control of England’s schoolsSome of Britain’s richest men have deployed their wealth, power and influence to push Brexit, shrink the state and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn the Arab region, education cannot waitNew Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report published by UNESCO shows forced displacement holding back a generation...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionAnother brick in the wall – can we save child rights from school surveillance?30 years ago the Berlin Wall fell, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was born. But British children’s...
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Published in: HomeA college that accepted slavery now exalts plutocracyBlackstone boss Schwarzman wants Yale’s historic Commons to carry his name; and the university erases a second...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHigher education should be about love and justiceAn edited speech by openDemocracy co-founder Anthony Barnett to graduating Goldsmiths students, and accepting his...
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Published in: 50.50UK Christian conservatives join ‘disastrous’ global backlash against sex educationWhile Muslim parents’ protests were widely covered by the media, there’s another, highly-organised opposition...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Augar Review – an “all out ideological assault” hidden behind progressive figleavesNew proposals for post-18 education will reduce access for many poorer students, and show an incredibly narrow view...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRadical democratic education: lessons from the past, hopes for the futureHow do we “mobilise the past against a reckless present”? By drawing on a rich seam of successful, radical...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe end of aspiration? Why ‘social mobility’ is falling as inequality risesPoliticians have lately prioritised ‘social mobility’ over ‘inequality’. But a new book exploring the journeys of...
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Published in: HomeA Stanford professor admits getting it totally wrong about online educationFor years, Sarah Soule thought nothing could replace face-to-face interaction. In our latest podcast she...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEducational elitism isn’t going away without a fight – so Labour must step upThe controversy over Stowe’s headmaster's comments this weekend highlight the longstanding elitism that damages the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFor an education that sees children as more than ‘human capital’The left needs to reclaim education as a democratic practice, and ask searching questions about what education is...
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Published in: oDR“Renegade research”: hierarchies of knowledge production in Central AsiaFor those researching the global south, fieldwork needs to be reimagined as a collaborative process which can help...
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Published in: HomeJonathan Haidt: why I changed my mind about the value of school testsThe leading moral psychologist tells us about what led him to rethink a fundamental issue in education.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCorruption corrodes Kurdish educationQuality education from the outset can eradicate corruption, guarantee peaceful coexistence, and bring about social...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMorocco: military service and education reform promise more repressionThe reinstatement of compulsory military service in this context of growing tensions is meant to be used for social control.
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Published in: HomeInvestigate the Birmingham Trojan Horse affairThe Birmingham Trojan Horse affair has had serious consequences for public policy, but now the parliamentary...
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Published in: TransformationTrapped on Brexit IslandHow did we get here, and how do we escape? Transforming education would be a start.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEducation and orientalist discourseThe topic of education fits neatly into the orientalist middle class rhetoric about the poor, ignoring its role as...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe EU and the right to education in the West BankEducation is a crucial component for a self-determined future but for Palestinians this future is hindered by the...
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