Facts vs feelings in the BLM debate
Related Content Despite activist anger, the statistics tell a broadly positive story about black middle-class advancement George Floyd’s appalling murder and the global outrage it triggered has evolved into a broader protest about black disadvantage and racism in...
Performative allyship is deadly – here’s what to do instead
Related Content Activism can’t begin and end with a hashtag On May 25, George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes as Floyd gasped, “I can’t breathe.” On March 13, Breonna Taylor was shot dead by police...
It’s Time to Get Serious About Rebalancing Post-18 Education
Related Content Today is the final deadline for university applications via UCAS. If previous years are anything to go by, over half a million hopeful applicants will have gone through the process of filling in their forms, making choices, completing personal...
First Fruits of Education Reform
Related Content The UK should feel deservedly pleased with the results of this week’s PISA rankings. Since the last rankings three years ago, it has risen from 22nd to 14th in reading, from 15th to 14th in science and from 27th to 18th in maths. The last is a...
