Of course you don’t need qualified teachers in free schools. Or qualified brain surgeons, for that matter – Comment – Voices – The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/of-course-you-dont-need-qualified-teachers-in-free-schools-or-qualified-brain-surgeons-for-that-matter-8916236.html

BBC News – What does Al-Madinah say about free schools?

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24569961

Schools are not market experiments; kids are not school consumers; Gove is not fit for purpose and should be placed in special measures.

Children who have been sexually abused are never to blame for what has happened to them

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/08/children-who-have-been-sexually-abused-are-never-blame-what-has-happened-them

Sex abuse in schools: the parents who want a change to the law

Sex abuse in schools: the parents who want a change to the law

http://gu.com/p/3h76q

Whitehall shift could damage youth work’s links to education, warns Loughton | Children & Young People Now

http://www.cypnow.co.uk/cyp/news/1077687/loughton-fears-loss-youth-education-focus

Gove’s attack on public education is purely ideological | Left Foot Forward

http://www.leftfootforward.org/2013/07/why-goves-attack-on-public-education-is-purely-ideological/

When I was a teenager, I thought of killing myself. Now there’s help | Stephanie Merritt

When I was a teenager, I thought of killing myself. Now there’s help | Stephanie Merritt

http://gu.com/p/3h5d5

Matthew Norman: For Michael Gove, the Pol Pot of education, every year is Year Zero – Comment – Voices – The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/matthew-norman-for-michael-gove-the-pol-pot-of-education-every-year-is-year-zero-8683331.html

Government bows to pressure on young carers’ rights | Children & Young People Now

http://www.cypnow.co.uk/cyp/news/1077482/government-bows-pressure-carers-rights

Natural justice faces a savage loss of innocence | Nick Cohen

Natural justice faces a savage loss of innocence | Nick Cohen

http://gu.com/p/3gtkd