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Alan Bainbridge
- May 16
- 1 min
Public Lecture – Eco-socialism and Learning to Live with the World
Public Lecture - Canterbury Christ Church University: Eco-socialism and Learning to Live with the World. Dr Alan Bainbridge | Open...
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Alan Bainbridge
- May 16
- 10 min
How Members of Parliament respond to evidence in relation to secondary selective education
The Impact of Research Evidence on Education Policy: How Members of Parliament respond to evidence in relation to secondary selective...
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Alan Bainbridge
- Jul 13, 2020
- 4 min
What Shall we do with a Global Pandemic (to the tune of “What shall we do with a drunken sailor?”)
There is a global pandemic, and life for many of us has changed to an extent that could not have been imagined as we wrote our present...
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Alan Bainbridge
- Sep 22, 2019
- 4 min
The Grammar School Fetish: the ‘magic’ of selection
I shall start by making the provocative observation that the current debate on grammar schools, in Marxian terms, represents a fetish. If...
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Alan Bainbridge
- Jan 27, 2019
- 6 min
Pardoning the Thanksgiving Turkey … and Social mobility
There is a charming tradition in the USA where in the run-up to Thanksgiving, one bird is chosen to be ‘pardoned’ by the President. I’m...
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Alan Bainbridge
- Oct 25, 2018
- 4 min
Educational Purpose: measurement or memories?
Recently a local online newspaper in Kent published the dramatic headline ‘The Best and Worst Schools in Kent based on GCSE results in...
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Alan Bainbridge
- Jun 26, 2018
- 3 min
What to do with £50 million?
So, here is the problem: how do you allow all young people fair and equal access to an education that will enable them to fulfil their...
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Alan Bainbridge
- Jun 11, 2018
- 1 min
Grammar Schools to receive £200 million funding boost
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Alan Bainbridge
- Apr 16, 2018
- 3 min
Values, the 11-plus… and sausage rolls
I probably eat too much of the wrong food and do not get enough sleep to optimise my cognitive capacity. I also know that these decisions...
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Alan Bainbridge
- Apr 16, 2018
- 3 min
What is the point of testing children at 10?
In a previous commentary piece I announced my separation from the world of evidence. I asked those who support selecting children by test...
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