Dr Seldon comments regularly on key educational issues, including:
- educational philosophy
- the eight aptitudes approach
- the UK examination system and the future of GCSEs and A levels
- the International Baccalaureate Diploma and the IB Middle Years Programme
- the teaching of well-being
- the academies programme
- co-education
- education and politics
- student democracy
- the teaching of Mandarin and other languages of emerging powers
- admissions to US and other overseas university by UK students
- drugs, bullying and other discipline issues