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Baroness Morris

Baroness Morris of Yardley is a Labour peer and former education secretary

Improving outcomes for white working class children should not be a partisan cause
Education
By Baroness Morris
Improving outcomes for white working class children should not be a partisan cause
When the Inquiry into White Working Class Educational Outcomes started its work, few challenged the need to address the issue. Those working in education knew what the data told us, but years of effort and a myriad of initiatives had failed to solve the problem.
Government must do more to re-connect schools within the wider community
Education
By Baroness Morris
Government must do more to re-connect schools within the wider community
School reform over the past 30 years has significantly changed the school system. We have seen a shift from schools having little autonomy, and being part of a tightly knit local authority school system, to one where schools have greater freedom but have no obligation to be part of any wider local school system: from low school autonomy and a strong school system to higher school autonomy and a weaker school system.