Tag: schools
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This is the sort of thing that annoys me about BBC journalism: According to the Lib Dems, 42% of schoolchildren who took part in a mock general election organised by the Hansard Society in 2,000 schools this year voted for the party. Actually, it isn’t according to the Lib Dems, it’s according to the Hansard…
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Welcome to Pant Watch. Pant Watch exists to chronicle the dying days of the Blair administration. Technically, we are now at P-8, P-1 being the day that Steve Bell published this cartoon showing Blair wearing John Major’s pants of power. To be sure, Bell has portrayed Blair as a pant-wearer before, most memorably here, but…
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Over at the Apollo Project, Peter links to an interesting article about selection in secondary education, and its inherent randomness. It isn’t clear in the article, but the local authority it refers to could well be Bromley, where I grew up and attended the Grammar. Either way, it certainly reflects my experience, where it did…
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I’m pleased and flattered to have my last post on this subject listed in Apollo’s October Top Ten – thanks. Meanwhile, I’ve been jousting with Bishop Hill in the comments section of my last post. He’s been giving me a run for my money, although I’m not at all convinced. We’re coming from two distinct…
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Jonathan Calder has been discussing the government’s new education proposals and I have adding a few helpful comments, leading to this series of questions from Bishop Hill. This has made me realise I’m in danger of being misunderstood, but I thought I’d clarify what my position is here rather than there. First of all, I…