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Jonathan Simons
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If education is a priority, where’s the cash?
The UK sets spending targets for aid and defence – so why not add education to the mix to show that the government will ‘defend the next generation’
10 February 2017
‘Let’s be thankful education is a government priority - things are worse for other public services’
Claims that the government leaving schools alone in the next few years would make things better couldn’t be more wrong, writes the former head of education at thinktank Policy Exchange
9 January 2017
Roll out the red carpet for education’s ‘Oscars’
Jonathan Simons, head of education at thinktank Policy Exchange, writes weekly about policy and education
16 December 2016
We’re not slaves to Pisa any more - but it matters
Jonathan Simons, head of education at thinktank Policy Exchange, writes weekly about policy and education
9 December 2016
Spare a few pennies for our schools, guv’nor?
Jonathan Simons writes weekly about policy and education
2 December 2016
Why static communities must move us to action
Jonathan Simons, head of education at thinktank Policy Exchange, writes weekly about policy and education
25 November 2016