Follow the latest education news and analysis here. Mike Baker is an award-winning freelance journalist, broadcaster, conference facilitator, and education consultant. He was the BBC's education editor for nearly 20 years and is now a columnist for The Education Guardian. He has twice won the UK Education Journalist of the Year Award and this website won the Best Online Education Commentary Award 2011.

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 Latest education news on blog page: 

  • NEW: the 'serious financial failings' at the Priory Federation raise important warning signals about the quiet spread of large academy chains. See blog.

  • NEW: Gove's A-level reforms need to be treated with care. See articles.

  • Disappointment as UCAS drops its proposals for reform of university admissions to introduce a post-results application system.

  • England's university participation rate stalls below 50% under coalition government.

  • Ex-Tony Blair policy-advisor-turned-Free-School-founder, Peter Hyman, set out his vision for School 21 in the annual National Education Trust lecture.

  • The O2 Learn teachers' video competition returns - with even more prizes and weekly winners.

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More about Mike Baker:

Mike is an award-winning education journalist and broadcaster. After a 27 year career at the BBC, he now writes a regular column for The Education Guardian and continues to broadcast as a freelance. He  chairs numerous education conferences, has been a member of several advisory bodies, and is a trustee of two education charities. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Education by Oxford Brookes University in 2011. 

 For more see 'Biography'.