Revealed: taxpayer-funded academies paying millions to private firms

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jan/12/taxpayer-funded-academy-paying-millions-private-firms-schools-education-revealed-education

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.

Local difficulties: The problems of poor white children in school – Editorials – Voices – The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/local-difficulties-the-problems-of-poor-white-children-in-school-8877399.html

JK Rowling attacks government as out of touch with poor people | Books | theguardian.com

JK Rowling attacks government as out of touch with poor people | Books | theguardian.com

Education in brief: Is Michael Gove playing fast and loose with the facts?

Education in brief: Is Michael Gove playing fast and loose with the facts?

http://gu.com/p/3tmf4

Teenagers reassured that exam results count less than social class

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/teenagers-reassured-that-exam-results-count-less-than-social-class-2013082278881

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

There is already a human right to welfare

http://www.newstatesman.com/economics/2013/07/there-already-human-right-welfare

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