About Ardour and Diligence

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It’s good to have you here! This Substack is a place for (hopefully) thoughtful, non partisan commentary on education in England from a policy perspective. Posts are roughly fortnightly, typically on a Sunday, in relative longform.

The title comes from former First Lady Abigail Adams quote, that “learning is not obtained by chance: it must be sought for with ardour and attended to with diligence.”

Finally, this is one of many equally nerdy Substacks run by my colleagues at Public First, so please check those out as well, including Dividing Lines by Tom Hamilton (on politics and political strategy), Election Energy by Sam Alvis (on green policy and the electoral implications), and Tim Leunig’s Policy Substack (on general public policy issues and solutions).