'Gove has restored ordinary rights to classroom teachers. Yet the unions hate the man who made it possible for teachers to breathe again'

‘In New York schools where they teach a core knowledge curriculum, some of the poorest children are discussing Shakespeare at four years old’

After a troubled start, the Education Secretary is confident that his reforms are succeeding, he tells Standpoint in an exclusive interview

Every day I grapple with unruly pupils who have no respect for teachers because discipline is treated as a dirty word in our schools