All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
When Labour returns to power in 2015 it will inherit an education service that is fractured and competitive.
Michael Gove's great experiment will leave a landscape legacy of individual and chains of academies, free schools, trust schools, maintained schools and everything in between.
The proposed national funding formula will exacerbate the funding shift from schools in poorer to more affluent areas and from north to the south.
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people


