Josh MacAlister Articles

The ‘In’ campaign needs to start big One of my earliest experiences campaigning was in a European parliament election. I was handed a bundle of wholly uninspiring leaflets designed to convince people that the European Union had done things to improve their lives....

The debate about the future of school governance was given new energy last week following an RSA report making the case for school commissioners. Robert Hill’s paper argues for a leaner Department for Education, a continued role for local authorities in planning...

For good or bad, the role of local authorities in the oversight and running of our schools in the last 15 years has been eroded. The rise of trust schools, the recent boom in academies, and now the emergence of free schools is leaving some local authorities with no...

It was refreshing to read the speech Stephen Twigg gave to the North of England Education Conference earlier today. Full of ideas (and possible arguments!) about the direction of our education policy, it is encouraging to see a clear outline of where we are heading....