My must-reads this week October 10, 2014
by Stephen Tall on October 10, 2014
Here’s some of the articles that have caught my attention this week…
- New Statesman | Will Labour pledge to cut tuition fees?
It’s not the cost that should deter Miliband from cutting tuition fees – it’s the fact it only helps the better off http://bit.ly/1w30tQf
- What effect does culture have on learning? – BBC News
/@XtopherCook shows the attainment gap is about more than just poverty or schools http://bit.ly/1nervV6
- Neither party tells Britain the truth about the deficit – FT.com
THIS: “Tories & Labour present public finance policies that scale the heights of absurdity” http://on.ft.com/1BWhYnk (yes also applies to LDs)
- Clacton by-election: Is this the day politics changes for ever? – Telegraph
James Kirkup notes Tories & Lab “have largely stopped fighting each other directly in the centre of the battlefield” http://bit.ly/1sfyk9f
- New research to investigate if neuroscience can improve teaching and learning in schools | News & Events | The Education Endowment Foundation
“Can neuroscience improve teaching and learning in schools” http://bit.ly/1BVO6aB < some fascinating stuff here
- New Statesman | After losing the conference season, Labour fears that it no longer deserves to win
Good @georgeeaton line: “Most Labour MPs believe the maths are still on their side but what they crave is the music.” http://bit.ly/1sgHIei
- British Future
The excellent @BritishFuture – campaigns on issues of migration, integration, identity – are seeking a new Trustee http://bit.ly/1sgAKFW
- How to deal with internet trolls? Toughen up | The Times
Excellent from @DAaronovitch on social media trolling ‘n pitchforking: we need to make nicer and also to toughen up http://thetim.es/1yOXvEE
- Churchill would be aghast at this Tory plan | The Times
V good from @TimMontgomerie on what the Tories can (& should) learn from Churchill abt being compassionate http://thetim.es/1sgl71t
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