Academies: the next stage of commoditising education
Rhoda Stannett takes a look at the continuing trend of academisation in the UK, and the rapid privatisation of children’s education
Tories wilfully underfunded childcare
The government has invested less than two-thirds of the estimated cost of properly funding childcare, recently released documents have revealed. According to these government briefing documents, the rates of funding for 2020-2021 did not meet the required amount to fund the free childcare initiative, which offers parents of three and four year old children thirty hours of free childcare per week.
China introduces ‘three-child-policy’ to stave off demographic cliff-edge
China’s attempt to divert a demographic disaster took another important step yesterday with a host of new announcements regarding family planning.
