Category Archives: LEAs
U-turn if you have to
This old bird, always keen to garner crumbs of comfort, cannot resist hoping to share with any who may not have seen it the text of a letter by Averil Lewin of Ely in The Guardian (29.06.09). She says: “What a … Continue reading
Filed under Central control, Current policies, History, Juvenile, LEAs
A PROPHET IN THE WILDERNESS
Henry Morris [1889-1962] was an educational giant, a chief education officer who envisaged in Cambridgeshire “a rural civilization that will have chronic vigour.” That vigour would sustain a network of community colleges and be nourished by them. Their handsome buildings … Continue reading
Myths and Mindsets
Fiona Millar writes in the Education Guardian (14.4.09) of her altercation on the radio with a former Tory politician (unnamed but obviouly true to type) who had nothing to say on public education but it was cynical. “Failing state schools … Continue reading
Filed under Department for Education, Juvenile, LEAs
History boy
I’m pleased to announce the first addition to our ‘Education past’ section – the memories of Donald Naismith, former chief education officer of three pioneering London boroughs in the Thatcher era. Donald recalls his historical upbringing in Bradford. He takes issue … Continue reading
Filed under Anecdotes & reminiscences, History, LEAs
FAIRER THAN EVER?
Ed Balls may think schools admissions are fairer than ever. Researchers say they are too complex for parents to understand. Can’t both be right can they? It’s a problem which will not have bothered the young eleven-year old Ed very much … Continue reading
Filed under Central control, Current policies, Diogenes, LEAs, Secondary education
The Building Racket
Headline – “School fined for calling a halt to drilling outside exam hall”. The rules of contract dreamed up by the Edukremlin’s ‘Building Schools for the Future’ did not allow for any flexibility in a rebuilding programme, so a school … Continue reading
Filed under Current policies, Juvenile, LEAs
JOINED UP GOVERNMENT
“Creating a unified system of education and training for under 19s makes clear sense.” The imminent “transfer of 14-19 funding for further education colleges to local authorities will strengthen 14-19 arrangements”, and “sixth form colleges will rejoin the local authority … Continue reading
Verb. sap.
Not my lines below but those of Baroness Shirley Williams, Secretary of State for Education 1976-9 closing an article in the Education Guardian, 3.3.09 . “In all sorts of ways, including promises of new buildings, pressure is being brought on … Continue reading →
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