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by Claire McEneaneyWe are really excited about how things are shaping up for our joint conference with EducationGuardian! We have managed to secure a number of really great speakers and some truly inspiring case studies for the workshops.<>The conference looks at  how and why innovation is imperati</>... more

by Matthew HorneI spent Thursday morning in Downing Street at the launch of Power in People’s Hands: learning from the worlds best public services.The report is a good catalogue of interesting practice from the around the world.<>Most disappointing was their strategy for generating innovation in ou</>... more

by Claire McEneaney More speakers have been added for our Innovation in Education conference, as well as some really exciting case studies. You can view a full list of speakers, as well as the programme as it stands. more

by Matthew Horne<>Richard Wilkinson argues in this book that inequality in income lies behind most of the social ills in the broken society thesis. Unequal countries (UK, US, Oz, NZ) do much worse on every social problem than more equal countries <>(Nordic countries, Japan, France, Germany). The char</></>... more

by Matthew Horne<>So has Ed Balls taken his foot of the accelerator and what we really need is another big push from Sanctuary Buildings or is this the death knell of centralised efforts<> to manage the performance of the school system and the government needs to come up with a new model of improving</></>... more

by Matthew HorneDemos have published a report on how government can achieve cost savings and efficiencies in public services.Their argument is that governent should focus on effectiveness (doing better more effective things) and in the long run efficiencies will come.<>I am not convinced of their a</>... more

by Matthew HorneAlongside their White Paper: Your child, your schools, our future, the government published the consultation with the children’s workforce that The Innovation Unit designed and ran to inform the white paper as it was being written.<>We spoke to over 1000 members of the chidlren’s wo</>... more