SOLOMON HUGHES recommends Sunjeev Sahota’s recent novel set in a trade union election campaign for its fresh approach to what unites and divides workers, but wishes the union backdrop was truer to life
Now we have the opportunity, we need to reinvent schools
It isn’t a ‘mutant algorithm’ that we have to worry about — it’s an education system that is designed to favour the most wealthy in society, writes ROBERT POOLE
THE summer holidays are normally a time when teachers can switch off and recharge their batteries ready for the autumn term.
This year that has not been the case. It has instead been a summer of Tory chaos.
The most recent education shambles — and I say most recent to distinguish it from the myriad other cock-ups that have taken place this year — has resulted in yet another Tory U-turn (I make that 12 so far).
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