Let’s stop fretting about how we teach Shakespeare
My grandfather, who worked down the mines, on retirement, decided to take an Open University degree in English literature. For him, the prospect of Milton’s Paradise Lost…
‘Disadvantage gap’ entrenched as deprived teenagers fall three grades behind richer students
Teenagers from deprived families are now three grades behind their more affluent peers by the time they reach sixth form, a report has found. The gap between…
Music lessons for children are a necessity, not a luxury
The National Plan for Music Education (NPME), for example, was considered the start of an exciting new era when it was unveiled in 2011. The NPME established…