Henry Giroux, a leading exponent of critical pedagogy, writes incisively on the damage being wrought by school ‘reform’ in the United States, which is aimed at destroying any viable understanding of the connection between schooling and educating critically engaged citizens. The fight to challenge this neoliberal assault on their education…

Dr Geoff Bright introduces a fascinating arts-based educational project, concerned with remembering, re-imagining and re-enacting alternative community futures in the abandoned, de-industrialised pit communities in the North of England. Over this last three years I’ve enjoyed bringing together a team of academics, artists, community trade unionists and activists in what…

Chris Guiton presents a foundation essay for the education section, sketching out some of the links between education, culture and capitalism. The purpose of this introductory article is to sketch out the background to some issues around links between education and the general ‘cultural struggle’ which Culture Matters is aiming…