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Coverage of Wasted: Why Education Isn't Educating
Our job is to judge
Times Higher Education,
17 March 2011
Academics without the freedom to exercise judgement are not true academics. Frank Furedi explains why scholars must resist the rise of proceduralism.
France: a ‘revolution’ to preserve the status quo
spiked,
27 October 2010
In the past, youthful rebels were heroically indifferent to their long-term security. The French protesters are obsessed with theirs.
If schools ban break time for being dangerous, how will children ever grow up?
Daily Mail,
28 September 2010
The world of education has fallen prey to the insidious compensation culture, robbing schools and enfeebling children.
£2.25 Million Accident Compensation Paid To Children Injured At School
InjuriesDirect.com,
27 September 2010
As many as ten school children per week are making accident compensation claims for injuries suffered at school.
Injured pupils sue councils for millions
LocalGov.co.uk,
27 September 2010
Councils paid out some £2.25m in compensation last year to pupils who suffered injuries at school. By Robin Mannering.
£2m bill as ten kids a week sue our schools
The Sun,
27 September 2010
Pupils hurt in school accidents were handed £2.25million in compensation last year. By Clodagh Hartley.
Damages to hurt pupils is ‘immoral’
Mirror,
27 September 2010
Cash payments to 10 children a week for injuries at school were slammed as "immoral" yesterday.
‘Ten pupils a week winning injury payouts from school accidents’
Metro,
26 September 2010
Ten children are winning thousands of pounds in payouts from the public purse every week over accidents at school, new figures show.
Ideas of the century: Scepticism
The Philosophers' Magazine,
16 August 2010
Frank Furedi on an old idea that’s more important than ever.
Parenting isn’t a bunch of skills that can be taught
spiked,
10 August 2010
Frank Field’s proposal to have a GCSE in parenting would denigrate both what it means to be a parent and the purpose of education.
The crisis in education
Five Books,
13 July 2010
In this interview, Frank Furedi discusses five of the best books.
Predators in the classroom
Guardian,
16 April 2010
Our suspicious society has left teachers open to career-threatening false allegations of abuse.
Education: you can’t buy and sell intellectual capital
spiked,
16 March 2010
In this essay, Frank Furedi explains why the mighty mess Labour made of education won’t be fixed by privatisation or parental pressure.
A depletionist view of history and humanity
spiked,
26 February 2010
David Willetts is one of today’s very few intellectual parliamentarians, which makes the fact that he has now written a neo-Malthusian, generation-bashing book all the more depressing.
Poor parenting ‘blamed for all’
BBC News Online,
16 February 2010
The politicisation of parenting is damaging family relations and education, an academic has warned. By Hannah Richardson, BBC News education and family reporter.
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