Mike Baker is an award-winning freelance journalist, broadcaster, conference facilitator, media trainer and education expert. He was the BBC's education editor for nearly 20 years and is now education columnist for BBC News Online and The Guardian and a presenter at Teachers TV. He has twice been awarded National Education Journalist of the Year.

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Latest education news (see blog page for stories): 

  • NEW: Wolf review of vocational education is bad news for diplomas.

  • Impressions of college life as US students return to university for the 2010-11 year. 

 

  • The latest Academy-style school with a £400 million price tag - is it the world's most expensive new school?

  • Are iPads going to be the next big thing in schools'  educational technology?

  •  Follow the American education season on my website as I blog on the start of the new academic year in the USA.

  • A level results and the scramble for university places - are concerns overblown?  

  • IGCSEs in state schools - death knell of the national curriculum? See articles.

  • Full breakdown and analysis of the £670 million of education cuts. NEETS and specialist schools amongst the losers. 

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 Up-date: My new series putting the political parties under the spotlight on education's election issues is now showing on Teachers TV (on Freeview, Cable or satellite or via the website).  See my blog pages or www.teachers.tv/series/election-2010-testing-the-parties

More about Mike Baker:

Mike broadcasts regularly on BBC radio (his series on the history of primary schools was on  Radio 4 in September 2009) and presents several series on Teachers' TV. He also chairs conferences, workshops and awards ceremonies, and offers tailored media training, especially to education clients (for testimonials see below right).

He recently chaired the 1,000-delegate plenary sessions at the 2009 World Innovation Summit for Education in Qatar. Clients include:  UCAS, The British Council,  The TDA, Cambridge Assessment, the CBI, The Live Group, Neil Stewart Associates, EdComs, Goldsmiths College, Communications Management and the British Council for School Environments.  For more see 'Biography'.