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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Who actually creates these tests... "Amanda Hulme, who heads assessment for the NAHT, said: "The grammar they are doing is so difficult. "I have a degree in English language and there were questions in there I could not answer."" ...prehaps a bimbo like this? |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19091 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Who actually creates these tests... It's not difficult, if that's what has been taught. It's only difficult if you don't know the answer, or how to work it out. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Illegal schools ""The Tories' education policy has led to a fragmented schools system lacking robust local oversight to spot and tackle serious problems early on." Now why isn't that not surprising! |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19091 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Instead of sorting out education, they prefer to fight. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
A nice comment in this article :-) A new model? "David Skelton, of the conservative think tank Renewal, said he thought a more sophisticated and complex approach was needed now. He said: "1950s England should not be our model."" |
The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
Instead of sorting out education, they prefer to fight. I'm all in favour of more Grammar schools. Cards on the table: I went to a Grammar school and rather enjoyed it. For me it seemed the 11-plus wasn't so much about picking the top half as weeding out the bottom half, those children who don't want to be at school so just muck about and disrupt the class, get rid of them and the remaining children who do want to be there and learn can thrive. I'd like to see a moratorium on the phrase 'social mobility' with regard to this debate. It keeps getting thrown in as a catch-all answer when the person being interviewed clearly can't think of anything better to say. They say it will benefit the wealthy, that's a fallacy, it benefits the intelligent, that's the whole point. Heard someone on the radio yesterday saying we "can't give a good education to a few and an average education to the rest". Seems to me the alternative is giving a rubbish education to everyone...well, I suppose that's fair. Here's my theory. Let's assume for the sake of argument that the middle-class will benefit from this system, that implies that the children of affluent people are more intelligent than the children of the poor... I see no reason for that not to be the case, intelligent people are more likely to be affluent because they're intelligent so work harder, have better jobs, earn more money, etc. And intelligent parents produce intelligent children. If someone's poor because the only job they're capable of getting is stacking shelves at Lidl, then they'll produce less intelligent children. (I'm speaking in general terms here, you get the occasional genius from a council estate and dullard from the Cotswolds, but they're anomalies.) My father is a company director and my mother is an accountant, they're both intelligent people, so they produced an intelligent child, me. (I have the doctorate to prove it!) Therefore, I would (and did) benefit from a Grammar school education. I don't think I'd be as successful today had I gone to the local comprehensive. That's it from me and you are now free to begin throwing chairs. Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Hmmm... School seeks to block report Interesting research study ...think those researchers spent too much time on these boards :-) |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Back to the future "Mr Marsden accused ministers of a "disgraceful" attempt to "sneak out" the increase on the last day before Parliament's summer break." Back to the future 2 "Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said: "This is a shabby little way to announce something, hiding it away in a far-flung corner of a government website. "This shows the government at their worst, avoiding scrutiny and debate."" Merry Xmas Students. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30687 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
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j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
They gotta be kidding On Googled 'Rump chair' I find I cannot post the link here. ;^) ... |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24879 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
I really would love to find out just what makes bureaucrats & politicians think. Today April 1st by any chance? "All children from the age of four will be taught about safe and healthy relationships, Education Secretary Justine Greening said." Can they be allowed to be kids 1st? |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30687 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
I really would love to find out just what makes bureaucrats & politicians think. No they must report that mommy and daddy aren't safe and healthy so children's services can take them away. |
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