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Tag Archives: privatisation
A future going backwards (part 1)
by Professor Sally Tomlinson, University of Oxford So here we are in the 21st century seeing an education system being shaped on 19th century patterns rather than a system for the future. In those days, a combination of religious and … Continue reading
Posted in Social Justice
Tagged academies, comprehensive schools, history, IQ, politicians, privatisation, Vocational education
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Children deserve more than slums in the sky
by Terry Wrigley School provision now in England is built on the dreams of Conservative thinkers of the 1970s and 1980s, but the dream is fast becoming a nightmare. Neoliberal ideologists in the Conservative Party thought they could dispense with … Continue reading
If academies are the answer…?
by Terry Wrigley It takes time to transform a secondary school, so let’s concentrate on academies which had been open at least five years by last June’s GCSE. In other words, long enough for the pupils taking GCSEs to have … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Governance
Tagged academies, free schools, local authority, local democracy, privatisation
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Labour’s education manifesto: academies, local authorities and the rest?
by Professor Richard Hatcher, Birmingham City University On April 13 Labour published its election manifesto on education, A better plan for education. It claims that ‘Over the past four and a half years Labour has worked closely with the education and … Continue reading
Misleading BBC headline rubbishes free nurseries
The BBC News website has just run an article under the heading: Free nursery places ‘make no academic difference’. Public interest is ill served by such casual misreading of research and the use of sensationalist headlnes. The research cited by … Continue reading
Sponsorship mess threatens children’s future
Academy sponsors were supposed to be the magic key to sort out struggling schools. This began with businessmen who supposedly knew more about education than teachers and local education authorities. There were few takers, and among them some dubious sponsors: … Continue reading
Posted in Governance
Tagged academies, free schools, inspection, local authority, local democracy, politicians, privatisation
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Sponsored academy myth in shreds
The Coalition Government are busy forcing lower-attaining primary schools to become sponsored academies on the grounds that results will improve faster. In recent months this myth has been demolished by research. The comparison between attainment gains in primary academies and … Continue reading
Politics, power and privatisation – making the case for education as a public good
The NUT is hosting a free conference on 16th May titled ‘Education at what price?’ Full details of the conference are available on the conference FLYER. Speakers will highlight the threat of privatisation to our education services, and representatives from … Continue reading
Did the Coalition protect schools spending?
Based on a new report by Ruth Lupton and Stephanie Thomson The Coalition’s Record on Schools (Social Policy in a Cold Climate, working paper 13) Summary The Coalition did protect overall school spending as promised – it rose just 1% … Continue reading
Posted in Governance
Tagged disadvantage, local authority, local democracy, privatisation, school finance
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Not for profit?
by Nigel Gann The last 25 years have placed increasing responsibilities on the shoulders of school governors and heads, who for the most part have acted with integrity. Unfortunately, the rapid increase in academies and free schools, along with the … Continue reading
Posted in Governance
Tagged governors, local authority, privatisation, profit, school finance
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