Category Archives: 1944 Education Act
The Biter Bit
The Institute for Government has just produced an analysis of government malfunction. Featured in the Sunday Times (17 Jan 10), headlined ‘Whitehall revolts’. Unseemly as it may be to indulge in schadenfreude, yet perhaps a vinegary smile may be forgiven … Continue reading
“We, the People…”
In the current furore, if the PM means what he says about devolution of power to localities, the issue of governance of public education is a prime one. It goes far beyond the simplistic policies of the last 20 years, with … Continue reading
Filed under 1944 Education Act, Central control, Juvenile
Stars & Stripes
Certain astronomical phenomena seem to go in twenty year cycles of light and darkness. The education supernova of 1944 brought primary schools formally to birth. Over twenty years they left old-time elementary education behind and established a new and promising … Continue reading
