Guardian: On education, Labour failed our children.

On education, Labour failed our children.
The government has finally acknowledged that its centralised control of schools doesn’t work – but for many, it’s too late
  
Jenni Russell guardian.co.uk, Friday 26 June 2009 13.18 BST. http://tiny.cc/1zJ3X

A withering piece accounting the Soviet-like centralism of Labour’s education policy. Jenni Russell’s article and the extensive comments that follow are well worth a read