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Articles by subject: education

Schools for scoundrels (by Francis Beckett, March/April 2007 )
Religious groups are rushing to take advantage of the Blair government's new education policy, reports Francis Beckett. And guess who's paying for it?
Raise the roof (by Moses Kamya, March/April 2007 )
Moses Kamya thanks New Humanist readers for their generous donations following the construction of a new classroom block at the Mustard Seed school, Uganda
Kids united (by Gary Kent, November/December 2006 )
Northern Ireland's integrated education movement holds lessons for the faith school debate, says Gary Kent
Bertrand Russell in Busota (by Caspar Melville, November/December 2006 )
Caspar Melville introduces our appeal to help secular education in Uganda
Goodbye to all that (by Michael Bywater, July/August 2006 )
Michael Bywater misses his ivory tower
Losing Faith (by Andrew Copson, March/April 2006 )
Andrew Copson finds danger in Blair's education reforms
Class Action (by Marilyn Mason, September/October 2004 )
Marilyn Mason applauds the inclusion of humanism in the new Religious Education
Plus Ca Change (by Editorial Staff, Winter 2002 )
An occasional column dedicated to items from the past that ring a familiar note in the present
Schools for a multicultural society (by Marilyn Mason, Summer 2002 )
Marilyn Mason, education officer of the British Humanist Association, argues that humanists can make common cause with religious groups that suffer discrimination in schools.
Stifled Steps: Islam and Education (by Azam Kamguian, Spring 2002 )
Azam Kamguian argues that progressive education is secular education and that Islamic education is predicated on sexual apartheid.
Faith or Farce (by Keith Porteous Wood, Spring 2002 )
Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of the National Secular Society, watched from the sidelines as the House of Commons debated the future of faith schools.
Natural Born Philosophers (by Stephen Law, Summer 2001 )
Children are natural born philosophers argues Stephen Law
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