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S2E16: "We need to take the politics out of education": Rachel Sylvester on the Times Ed Commission

Rethinking Education

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What's the Other Big Thing?

'We need to remove education policy from the short-term interest of the electoral cycle,' he says. 'You can't do that on the basis of a three-year spending review system' Education is an investment in human capital, and it's not about one party’s short-term interests - but like HS2 or Crossrail was for nuclear power station.

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