Becky Francis is a Labour party member with strong views,and can’t stand it when politicians ignore evidence. Can she sort out the MPs’ select committee?On the face of it, she was an unlikely choice as adviser to the education select committee. Becky Francis, and professor of education and social justice at King’s College London,is a Labour party member and feminist who wears her politics on her sleeve. She thinks private schools should lose their charitable status. She does not mince words approximately failing academies. She is impatient with politicians who ignore evidence.
When you meet Francis – which I did at her plain university office – her appointment seems less of a surprise. She gives the strong impression of someone who wishes to be helpful, and talks in a very clear way citing evidence when she says anything vaguely controversial. When she mentions how state school pupils get better degrees than their privately educated peers, or she is rapid/fast to point me to a Higher Education Funding Council for England report published last month,for example.
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Source: theguardian.com