Feature Articles

I have worked as an education journalist for more than twenty years, first as a senior editor on The Times Educational Supplement, then as that paper's US correspondent, based in New York, and then - while bringing up my children - as a freelance writer and columnist for a variety of national newspapers and magazines. I visit nurseries, schools, universities and colleges up and down the country, and in many countries abroad, and believe that this sustained experience of the day-to-day realities of education, along with my experience as a parent of both private and state schools, helps to inform everything I write.

12 Jun 2008 - The Importance of Networking

12 Jun 2008 - A US educationalist claims to have the answer to failing schools -- and it lies in literacy

08 May 2008 - A bit of a mess: why the Government's plans to end child poverty were botched

22 Apr 2008 - Taking care of business: George Yip profile

22 Apr 2008 - Why greed is no good

11 Apr 2008 - Teachers -- don't strike

28 Feb 2008 - Information overload: an intranet linking schools in Scotland is set to provide a giant resource bank

28 Feb 2008 - Do little ones need formal lessons?

14 Feb 2008 - A four-year battle with the system

07 Feb 2008 - The diploma revolution

07 Feb 2008 - Rooms for improvement: Britain's dilapidated schools are being rebuilt

17 Jan 2008 - Before you learn how to organise other people, learn how to organise yourself