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In today’s edition of The Daily T, Camilla Tominey and Tim Stanley are joined by former education secretary Lord Gove, who explains how woke ideas and lazy trade unions have conspired to hurt the education of an entire generation.
Lord Gove also dissects the latest Pisa rankings showing English students outperforming those of other home nations, including Wales and Scotland, and expresses his concerns that the current Labour Government will undo this progress.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction: PISA Rankings & UK Education
08:47 Michael Gove on English School Success
11:12 The State of English Education in 2010
13:58 Knowledge-Rich vs Progressive Teaching
16:30 Smartphones, AI & Cognitive Atrophy
20:06 Tackling Teaching Unions & Back to Basics
23:22 SATs Testing & High Expectations
27:26 Global PISA Trends & The Estonian Model
32:14 Universities, "Woke" Ideology & Vocational Paths
39:20 Why Scotland & Wales Education Failed
44:18 Screens in Classrooms & Phone Bans
50:07 Labour's Education Policy & Future Risks
#MichaelGove #Education #PisaRankings #DailyT #TheTelegraph #UKEducation #PISARankings #SchoolReforms #UKPolitics #EducationReform #ScottishEducation #WelshEducation #BridgetPhillipson #LabourParty #ConservativeParty #TeachingUnions #uknewsupdate
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Lord Gove also dissects the latest Pisa rankings showing English students outperforming those of other home nations, including Wales and Scotland, and expresses his concerns that the current Labour Government will undo this progress.
The Telegraph - Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction: PISA Rankings & UK Education
08:47 Michael Gove on English School Success
11:12 The State of English Education in 2010
13:58 Knowledge-Rich vs Progressive Teaching
16:30 Smartphones, AI & Cognitive Atrophy
20:06 Tackling Teaching Unions & Back to Basics
23:22 SATs Testing & High Expectations
27:26 Global PISA Trends & The Estonian Model
32:14 Universities, "Woke" Ideology & Vocational Paths
39:20 Why Scotland & Wales Education Failed
44:18 Screens in Classrooms & Phone Bans
50:07 Labour's Education Policy & Future Risks
#MichaelGove #Education #PisaRankings #DailyT #TheTelegraph #UKEducation #PISARankings #SchoolReforms #UKPolitics #EducationReform #ScottishEducation #WelshEducation #BridgetPhillipson #LabourParty #ConservativeParty #TeachingUnions #uknewsupdate
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