Dawn Foster

Dawn Foster was a staff writer at Jacobin and the author of Lean Out. She died, aged 33, in July 2021. ‘Dawn’s life and writing,’ as James Butler put it, ‘was concerned with justice in all its forms.’

Letter

Who runs our schools?

6 May 2015

It’s hardly surprising, given his investment in the cause, that Toby Young ignores the main points in responding to my piece, and cherry-picks the data. As I wrote, only 19 per cent of secondary free schools are opened in areas with a shortage of places: a colossal waste of funds that justifiably drew the attention of the Public Accounts Committee. When free schools do open in deprived areas, the...
Letter

Who runs our schools?

6 May 2015

It’s hardly surprising, given his investment in the cause, that Toby Young ignores the main points in responding to my piece, and cherry-picks the data. As I wrote, only 19 per cent of secondary free schools are opened in areas with a shortage of places: a colossal waste of funds that justifiably drew the attention of the Public Accounts Committee. When free schools do open in deprived areas, the...
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