Terry Wrigley
- 09 Sep 2008ByTerry Wrigley
Poverty lies behind low educational achievement, but the government’s academy programme exacerbates the problem, writes Terry Wrigley.
- 24 Dec 2007ByTerry Wrigley
Terry Wrigley looks at some elements of the government’s new ‘Children’s Plan’.
- 07 Nov 2007ByTerry Wrigley
Gordon Brown’s threat to close ‘failing’ schools is a body blow against schools in the poorest areas. Terry Wrigley reports.
- 02 Jul 2007ByTerry Wrigley
Terry Wrigley discusses new research from the Joseph Rowntree Trust provides more evidence of the link between poverty and poorer education. It casts a critical light on a number of government policies but also suggests improvements.
- 27 Jun 2007ByTerry Wrigley
Growing up in poverty seriously damages your education. This is well known, of course, but new research funded by the Joseph Rowntree Trust provides important new findings and shows how New Labour policies are partly to blame, as Terry Wrigley reveals.
- 12 Apr 2006ByTerry Wrigley
The governments Education and Inspection Bill is one of the worst education laws in living memory, and its being rushed through parliament by a grand coalition of Conservatives and New Labour.