15-04-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com

It’s time for Theresa May to ditch damaging grammar school plans | David Laws

Tory ideology ignores evidence that selection undermines the prospects of the poorestIt is one of the worst kept secrets in Westminster that education secretary Justine Greening is not the biggest supporter of the policy that is now the social mobility “flagship” of Theresa May’s government – expanding the number of grammar schools.Greening must be aware of the clear UK and international evidence that selective education both fails to raise overall standards, and undermin
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