What is creativity? And why do policymakers like it?

Whenever we are debating the curriculum in this country, it seems to involve a reference to that most intellectual of 'c' words, namely creativity. but what is it, and why does it matter? Creativity is the art of doing new things in new ways, for example inventing and creating knowledge. It can also be a…

What do the Conservatives think about teachers?

In a previous post, I analysed why school choice can be a very difficult situation for parents, and how this was politically fraught in terms of contemporary political policy. Another problem for the Conservative party is its apparent ambivalence towards the teaching profession. On one level, this is probably not surprising, and represents a certain degree of…