Tag Archives: edukremlin
Baker to Balls: Coxcomb to Cock-up
Budget Day 2009: a day to remember for its revelations: in Parliament, of the government’s fiscal profligacy: in the Commons’ Select Committee on Education, of bitter recrimination over the last SATs fiasco. The Treasury gives us a tale of financial … Continue reading
Filed under Current policies, Examinations & assessment
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
Facilis Descensus Averno
One step, two step, foxtrot, waltz… Now schools as state-licensed Palais de Danse – gyms as ballrooms by central prescription, with a veiled threat of obesity lurking in the changing rooms. It is a bit reminiscent of the victims being … Continue reading
Filed under Current policies, Curriculum, Juvenile
