Education and the Private School Problem

It looks like the New Statesman carries an interesting and thought-provoking article this week, by George and David Kynaston. George is another SGS alumnus and former Teach First teacher, while his father David is the widely regarded and very readable historian of modern Britain. They've turned their sights on the issue of private school dominance in modern British society, adding to the wider debate about education and social mobility.
I haven't read the article yet - it arrives in the school library tomorrow - but NS editor Jason Cowley (a recent visitor to SGS himself) blogs his thoughts about it here, and George Kynaston was on this morning's "Today" programme (2 hrs 54 in) discussing it with Fiona Millar, the education campaigner.
Plenty of words have been exhausted on the issue of how education might best promote social mobility and of course there is no easy, ready-packed answer. The Kynastons accuse the left of ignoring the issue of the private sector…
I haven't read the article yet - it arrives in the school library tomorrow - but NS editor Jason Cowley (a recent visitor to SGS himself) blogs his thoughts about it here, and George Kynaston was on this morning's "Today" programme (2 hrs 54 in) discussing it with Fiona Millar, the education campaigner.
Plenty of words have been exhausted on the issue of how education might best promote social mobility and of course there is no easy, ready-packed answer. The Kynastons accuse the left of ignoring the issue of the private sector…