The return of the 11-plus is Theresa May’s first real Trump moment | Simon Jenkins

Grammar schools make no sense educationally, financially or politically – and are based on a lie

Theresa May’s desire to return England to grammar schools is her first real spasm of Trumpism. It is incoherent. It makes no sense educationally, financially or politically. It is also based on a lie, that selection is about parental choice. May seems unaware that parents do not choose grammar schools, grammar schools choose children.

The policy was alluded to in the budget by the chancellor, P...