Posts Tagged ‘schooling’

A Complete and Generous Education

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

As the General Election edges closer two Reports, “Liberal Education and the National Curriculum” published by Civitas, and the University of Bristol’s Transition from Primary to Secondary School are likely to catch the attention of politicians.

It was a great act… but the candidate didn’t actually answer the questions

Friday, October 9th, 2009

A Review of Michael Gove’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference on October 7th 2009 In late August a copy of the Briefing Paper on ... Read on

The Comment that Backfired

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Community I’m certain that Margaret Thatcher meant well when she questioned, in that article in Women’s Own in 1987, whether there is such a thing ... Read on

Bigger is not necessarily Better

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

An outdated design The opening of the gigantic new Academy in Nottingham yesterday for 3,500 secondary pupils, with twenty classes in each year-group, appalled me.  ... Read on