It's been a summer of role models and positive images of young people. August 2012, in contrast to the riots of last year, has given us plenty to look forward to, to celebrate and to shout about.

It's not all about our Olympians or Games Makers however. This summer,...

There's a report in Saturday's Telegraph saying that the English Literature A Level has been dumbed down.

It makes for a great headline. I can just imagine the horror over afternoon tea: "Do you know they aren't teaching the classics anymore?" and "I doubt they even know who Shakespeare...

On the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Michael Gove was invited to discuss the twenty-four free schools opening this month. The free schools are a Conservative invention: centrally funded, outside of local authority control and run by anyone who wants to run one. Except those with "wackoidal theories" of course; Mr...