Comments on: Surplus School Places http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/06/04/surplus-school-places/ “ferocity with a purpose” Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:30:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alex http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/06/04/surplus-school-places/comment-page-1/#comment-59875 Alex Tue, 05 Jun 2007 10:52:57 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/06/04/surplus-school-places/#comment-59875 Also, spare places would have to be fungible. Spare places in Inverness are of little use to parents in Exeter. To make this work, you'll need fleets of prefab schoolrooms chugging up and down the country. Also, spare places would have to be fungible. Spare places in Inverness are of little use to parents in Exeter. To make this work, you’ll need fleets of prefab schoolrooms chugging up and down the country.

]]> By: Bishop Hill http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/06/04/surplus-school-places/comment-page-1/#comment-59619 Bishop Hill Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:42:48 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/06/04/surplus-school-places/#comment-59619 I wonder how the DfeS defines "surplus places". Presumably it depends on your definition of class size? A voucher will not deal with this issue per se. You need privatised schools which can go bust when they are uneconomic to run. I wonder how the DfeS defines “surplus places”. Presumably it depends on your definition of class size?

A voucher will not deal with this issue per se. You need privatised schools which can go bust when they are uneconomic to run.

]]> By: James Graham http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/06/04/surplus-school-places/comment-page-1/#comment-59591 James Graham Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:25:13 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/06/04/surplus-school-places/#comment-59591 It isn't Lib Dem policy. In essence, a school voucher system is one where parents are given a fixed amount of money in the form of a voucher that they can use to 'buy' their child's education. It would replace the current admissions/funding system for schools. A similar system is used in Sweden, the Netherlands and elsewhere. In terms of more specific details however, that depends on who you talk to. It isn’t Lib Dem policy. In essence, a school voucher system is one where parents are given a fixed amount of money in the form of a voucher that they can use to ‘buy’ their child’s education. It would replace the current admissions/funding system for schools.

A similar system is used in Sweden, the Netherlands and elsewhere. In terms of more specific details however, that depends on who you talk to.

]]> By: Laurence Boyce http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/06/04/surplus-school-places/comment-page-1/#comment-59585 Laurence Boyce Mon, 04 Jun 2007 17:14:26 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/06/04/surplus-school-places/#comment-59585 What is a school voucher anyway? Is it party policy? Remember, I don't know much! What is a school voucher anyway? Is it party policy? Remember, I don’t know much!

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