The strange success of the Tories’ schools policy
Standards are through the roof (which is falling down)
Each chart in British public policy looks roughly the same, runs a joke among the country’s wonk-class. There is gradual improvement from the early 1990s until 2010, and then things become worse. It is a rough-and-ready rule that holds for everything from rough sleeping to real wages to waiting lists at hospitals. After 13 years of Conservative government, the country’s public services are not in fine fettle.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “School lessons ”
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