Stephen Tall

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