Posts Tagged ‘Michael Gove’
Of smacking and schools; a story of odd class alliances in British politics.
Posted by: melissabenn on: January 31, 2012
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How depressing that the debate on smacking children, like that of a woman’s right to choose and sex education ( which never seems to go away ) has reared its head once more. I was astonished, and somewhat appalled, to hear a discussion on the Today programme recently about whether poor children were becoming too [...]
School Wars: debate hosted by the National Education Trust
Posted by: melissabenn on: January 31, 2012
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 Upcoming event ‘Government education reforms will lead to a lack of accountability and greater inequality’, Melissa Benn will say at the forthcoming ‘School Wars’ debate. The debate takes place in Islington on Thursday 9 February and is being organised by the National Education Trust, the leading education charity. It will be led by Melissa [...]
Speak up at the back now Carla!
Posted by: melissabenn on: December 22, 2011
I love the look of this website and the interesting people they interview and talk about. I was interviewed by them over a series of weeks – via e-mail – which has now appeared. I wasn’t sure if it would work but it really does – in part, because with each question addressed separately, both [...]
Why are we following the US into a schools policy disaster?
Posted by: melissabenn on: November 28, 2011
It is amazing how quickly you can discourage a nation. Just 18 months ago, Michael Gove kicked off his controversial tenure at the Department for Education with apparently definitive claims, backed by international test evidence, of UK state school failure and the need for a radical new approach. Last year, Sweden was the model for [...]
The schools our children deserve….
Posted by: melissabenn on: November 1, 2011
Open Democracy has launched an interesting new series on social exclusion, and how to further economic inclusion. I kick the series off with an article on the relationship between economic and educational inequality – and how a different school system might promote great parity between students.
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