Good analysis of the crime statistics

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• Good analysis of the crime statistics

  The Sunday Times ran a good analysis of the crime stats in this interesting comment piece. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/minette_marrin/article3382270.ece?openComment=true‘

• Why local schools are the solution to knife crime

  Brooke Kinsella, the Eastenders’ actress, whose relative, Ben Kinsella, was stabbed to death in London recently has produced a report for the government arguing that we must have lessons in school on knife crime. This is an idea I supported in my book,Yob Nation, but since then my thoughts have developed, having examined a great […]

• Our analysis challenges the idea that free schools will save money or improve standards

  Exclusive analysis conducted by the LSN shows the free schools project is going to be a very inefficient use of resources and will not, in all probability, raise standards. This is because the vast majority of free schools that are going to be set up will be small in size and our analysis of the […]

• Casual violence that children learn to live with

  A disturbing analysis of the current state of gangs in Britain: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article3950162.ece‘

• My analysis shows that the link between child poverty and poor results is still very strong

  My analysis of the 2009-2010 GCSE results shows that poverty is still very strongly connected with low academic attainment. In fact, from the results I’ve analysed, poverty seems still to be the deciding factor in how children do at school. This research endorses a raft of research which shows the connection between poverty and low […]