This weekend, The Herald is reporting on the launch of a new qualification, the International Sustainability Diploma, that has been developed by Dollar Academy. We’re also running a interview with the Rector, Ian Munro, in which he explains why he supports the development of this sort of ‘non-traditional’ course.

It’s important stuff, but some readers may, perhaps, be a bit surprised to see my name attached to such positive coverage of a private school.

In fairness to any of you in that position, it’s not unreasonable: my views on private education aren’t exactly a secret. Over the years I’ve criticised their unjustifiable tax breaks, highlighted the way in which they can buy unfair advantages for their students, and argued that better education isn’t what their customers are buying. In my book, Class Rules, I argued that........

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