Life & Society: Education
Lead Feature
Evolution of LittleBigPlanet
With so much discussion in creative education about the barriers between arts and science work such as that by Media Molecule is hugely invigorating
In education
How ministers ignored the 'time bomb' in the classroom
- By Ed Howker
- 28 August
Concerns about asbestos in schools were first voiced in the 1960s yet 13,000 schools today still contain the substance
Time for a radical shake-up
- By Ken Robinson
- 28 July
Piecemeal change is not enough. The real need is still for a sustained, systemic shift to entirely new styles of education
Talent-spotting without CVs
- By Alison Shepherd
- 28 July
Innovative recruiters are providing marginalised and disenfranchised youth with an entry pass to a productive future
Don't be afraid of failure
- By Benjamin Cohen
- 28 July
Former teenage dot-com entrepreneur Benjamin Cohen says to prepare pupils for business you must let them take risks and make mistakes
Feature
Two diagnoses, one conclusion
The unions and the Liberal Democrats agree on one thing: new Labour is at the end of the road
More in education
A Neet solution
- By Charles Leadbeater
- 10 July 2008
Parent power confronts Sarkozy
- By Agnès Poirier
- 10 July 2008
Interview: Ed Balls
- By Martin Bright and Suzanne Moore
- 03 July 2008
A new deal for British children
- By Suzanne Moore
- 03 July 2008
On summer schools
- By SKR
- 03 July 2008
When discrimination works
- By Martin Bright
- 03 July 2008
The key is respect
- By Ed Miliband
- 19 June 2008