My recommended reading for today October 9, 2013
by Stephen Tall on October 9, 2013
Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest…
- In praise of … Norman Baker | Comment is free | The Guardian
I’m often critical of Gdn editorialising so props where they’re due: “In praise of … Norman Baker” http://bit.ly/15UGLOp
- Labour should not be muzzling free speech with its support of the Royal Charter – Telegraph
Good on @TomHarrisMP for article on Leveson: “My party is turning its back on a core tenet of progressive politics” http://bit.ly/15UBypP
- Education in England: sliding down the class | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian
A pretty balanced Gdn editorial on education in England http://bit.ly/17eHGEh Balanced, of course, bec they cannot only blame the Coalition
- Westminster’s gangs-to-watch (1): The Osbornites | The Economist
.@jeremycliffe on whom? “Now, with his placemen in prominent positions, he is well placed to run for the leadership” http://econ.st/1e6VVjF
- Top picks from the Margaret Thatcher Foundation archives | Ballots & Bullets
Fascinating > Top picks from the Margaret Thatcher Foundation archives | Ballots & Bullets http://bit.ly/1e6VjdI
- Tuition fees and the law of unintended consequences | Stephen Tall
My view from 2011: tuition fees would be lower (on average) if the LibDems hadn’t insisted on capping them at £9k http://bit.ly/1a81eeo
- Oxford vice-chancellor: let better universities charge higher tuition fees | Education | theguardian.com
Oxford vice-chancellor: let better universities charge higher tuition fees http://bit.ly/1a810Ei < OR how fees ceiling became a fees floor
- Sketch: Nick Clegg, EU mythbuster – Telegraph
.@MichaelPDeacon: “The DPM has a talent for metaphor so sophisticated the less gifted among us struggle to keep up.” http://bit.ly/1crQUUR
- Improving Pupils’ Talking and Listening Skills: School21 and Cambridge University | Projects | The Education Endowment Foundation
And if that Peter Hyman article’s piqued your interest here’s the @EducEndowFoundn-funded project all about ‘oracy’ http://bit.ly/1crIaOl
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