Comments on: Labour’s education institutions unravel http://garymonro.blogsome.com/2005/09/16/labours-education-institutions-unravel/ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:03:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: DailyPropaganda.co.uk http://garymonro.blogsome.com/2005/09/16/labours-education-institutions-unravel/#comment-5007 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 09:10:51 +0100 http://garymonro.blogsome.com/2005/09/16/labours-education-institutions-unravel/#comment-5007 <strong>Keep the politicians out of schools</strong> "If it's the last thing I do, I'm going to destroy every f***ing grammar school in England. And Wales. And Northern Ireland." Anthony Crosland, Education Secretary, 1965 And so began the comprehensive era. And this is a perfect example of... Keep the politicians out of schools

“If it’s the last thing I do, I’m going to destroy every f***ing grammar school in England. And Wales. And Northern Ireland.” Anthony Crosland, Education Secretary, 1965 And so began the comprehensive era. And this is a perfect example of…

]]> by: lascivious http://garymonro.blogsome.com/2005/09/16/labours-education-institutions-unravel/#comment-5006 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 06:31:53 +0100 http://garymonro.blogsome.com/2005/09/16/labours-education-institutions-unravel/#comment-5006 With regard to your last point, doesn't Blair realise that well-to-do parents will always do the best for their children, which often includes privately educating them? By refusing to reintroduce grammar schools, he is condemning hundreds of thousands of children from poor backgrounds the opportunity to excel. Furthermore, by spending billions on building new academies and specialist schools which have untested and unknown outcomes, whilst at the same time making schools operating in the private sector more costly (removing charitable status, for example), the entire education policy of this government is reducing social mobility - the complete opposite of its goals. Then there is the laughable quality of public examinations in this country, as not only is there rampant grade inflation occuring, there is also a 'prizes for all' culture even if you don't get the grades. One only has to look at what this government is doing to the universities for lots of examples! Fundamentally, Blair has his heart in the right place - he wants to raise education standards for all. The problem is, his policies are having the exact opposite effect. With regard to your last point, doesn’t Blair realise that well-to-do parents will always do the best for their children, which often includes privately educating them? By refusing to reintroduce grammar schools, he is condemning hundreds of thousands of children from poor backgrounds the opportunity to excel. Furthermore, by spending billions on building new academies and specialist schools which have untested and unknown outcomes, whilst at the same time making schools operating in the private sector more costly (removing charitable status, for example), the entire education policy of this government is reducing social mobility - the complete opposite of its goals. Then there is the laughable quality of public examinations in this country, as not only is there rampant grade inflation occuring, there is also a ‘prizes for all’ culture even if you don’t get the grades. One only has to look at what this government is doing to the universities for lots of examples!

Fundamentally, Blair has his heart in the right place - he wants to raise education standards for all. The problem is, his policies are having the exact opposite effect.

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