Children are more perceptive than we give them credit for: the poorest kids know their place as surely as the wealthiest children… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Focusing on the gifted always leaves people behind, and portrays working-class people as a repellent hinterland that 'gifted' and 'talented' children need… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Here's why people don't live on oats and water: if you're cash poor, you're likely also time poor, and speed is of… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Towards the tail end of primary school, I was pulled aside by my headteacher and told I was joining a scheme for… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Poverty is a trap: it should be eradicated. It's no real answer just lifting a few children from families stuck on low… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Many benefit cuts hit single parents hardest and punish children by forcing their families into destitution. — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
The best books I read as a child were set in far-flung places, but also portrayed characters experiencing a life far removed… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Fewer people than you might think seem to have truly enjoyed their formative education and, for those who did not, one theme… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Standing in mass on Sundays with 500 other people, shaking hands with the people around you, catching the eye of small children,… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Conservatives have always embraced the idea of grammar schools - that giving a top tier education to bright children from working class… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
For children with special educational needs to receive the help they need to thrive in education, councils need targeted funding that properly… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
I've had grateful messages from people thanking me for being open about health on social media: from others with epilepsy who feel… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
In one of my secondary schools, the single kindest thing I remember was a teacher who quietly offered to wash the uniform… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
If you're in a meeting and a man talks loudly over you, rather than copying that behaviour and normalising it, what you could do… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
If the Government put people before markets, it would build more council housing - a form of public investment in housing that pays for… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
For children with special educational needs to receive the help they need to thrive in education, councils need targeted funding that properly addresses the… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
It should be obvious that banning begging or criminalising rough sleeping will do little to combat homelessness. — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
The bedroom tax turfed people, many of them disabled, out of their homes, while the government disseminated myths about people living it up in… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
The long-term effects of privatising both rail and housing, aside from ensuring we live in a country of crumbling infrastructure (in contrast to mainland… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
A smart society recognises the benefits of treating problems before they escalate, either through helping people quit smoking or moving them out of mould-blighted… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Modern life undermines any attempt at building communities and making connections with people without commerce. — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Women, when they do break into power or succeed, can expect to have their lives scrutinised for clues to how they managed it exactly… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Housing, not buying, should be a right - and available and affordable for all. Right to buy is devastating our housing system, just as… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
Renters didn't used to be cursed: social housing offered millions of people a steady, safe and secure home for an affordable price. — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
