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First Education Select Committee on "School Partnerships & Co-Operation" -
By Laura McInerney, Policy Development Partner   [View the story "First Education Select Committee on \"School Partnership & Co-Operation\"" on Storify]
3 Easy Things Gove Could Do To Improve Learning -
By Laura McInerney, Policy Development Partner For all the arguments about education policy, nothing quite brings home the importance of teaching as when you are standing in an exam hall watching as the students you have cared for, stressed about, worried with, and argued over now sit – silently – face down in their papers, writing squiggles on a page that could make a...
Education Select Commitee 15/05/2013 - Gove on Curriculum & Accountability Reform -
By Laura McInerney Today's Education Select Committee saw Michael Gove questioned for two hours about his curriculum and accountability reforms. Gove seemed in good humour - confident, calm, very very knowledgeable. Critics may not like his conclusions, but they are undoubtedly well rehearsed. Unlike previous Committees, this one was quite unfocused. Topics shifted...
Free schools are disproportionately serving more privileged pupils. It’s official -
By Loic Menzies- LKMco Director & Laura McInerney Policy Development Partner See additional note added 15.05.13 In 2012, only two Free Schools had a proportion of pupils on Free School Meals that matched their Local Authority. On average 11% of pupils in Free Schools were eligible for Free School Meals compared to 23% in their Local Area, a staggering 12% point difference...

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