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- Ofsted : unreliable, destructive, beyond repair December 5, 2019
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PISA: no victory for Michael Gove
Michael Gove was Education secretary when the 2012 PISA results came out. He expressed alarm that England seemed to be falling behind Shanghai and Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong. He wanted to make England a future “winner” in the … Continue reading
Posted in GERM
Tagged PISA, politicians
No joke – a brutal class war
The extreme social divisions in today’s Britain are not just a case of unfair distribution. They are the consequence of a brutal class war conducted by the superrich on the working class. The rhetoric since 2010 has been about Austerity … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice, Uncategorized
Tagged politicians, poverty
Child poverty – Conservative rule
Britain is one of the richest countries in the world, but with scandalous levels of poverty. Child poverty has grown massively since the Conservative-led government took over in 2010, and is set to increase even more. According to the … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice, Uncategorized
Tagged achievement gap, disadvantage, politicians, poverty
Primary school tests and children’s mental health
One study after another has shown the damage being caused by SATs to children’s mental health. In a survey by the ATL (now part of the National Education Union) in 2016, 89% thought that testing and exams were the biggest cause … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Uncategorized
Tagged accountability pressures, Ofsted, politicians, testing
Academies and local authorities: what a Labour government should do
by Richard Hatcher, Birmingham City University We know that the policy of academies been a disaster for education. The question is what should be done about them? Angela Rayner’s speech at Labour Party Conference in September was mainly about academies. … Continue reading
Posted in Governance
Tagged academies, free schools, local authority, local democracy, politicians, privatisation
Grammar schools and “ordinary working families” again
In our last blog post, we looked into a new and deeply flawed ‘research report’ by former Department of Education official Iain Mansfield. It was written in support of the Prime Minister’s argument that expanding grammar schools across England would … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged comprehensive schools, disadvantage, grammar schools, politicians
Grammar schools helping “ordinary working families”?
On becoming prime minister Theresa May decided to expand grammar schools in order to benefit ‘ordinary working families’. There is no evidence that this is what grammar schools do. This week a former Department of Education official Iain Mansfield tried … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice, Uncategorized
Tagged comprehensive schools, disadvantage, grammar schools, politicians, universities