Now is the time for a clear and ambitious vision on education

The national day of action by parents and children should be a wake-up call to politicians. We need better funding and evidence-based policiesIt feels uncomfortable to be writing about education and the general election so soon after the appalling events in Manchester. Too many people in too many places will have seen the axis of their world shift. Yet the date of the election moves ever closer, and with it some big decisions about the shape of our education system – what it will look like