Tag Archives: Education

The need for careful analysis

Posted on June 29, 2017 by ianchisnall

Its easy to read speeches as one piece of text with an overall message and miss some of the finer details. This would be a mistake in the case of the Queens speech. As I wrote yesterday every word was … Continue reading →

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A deeply disturbing perspective

Posted on December 1, 2016 by ianchisnall

The news today that under the leadership of Theresa May, the Home Office offered a written proposal, tabled by Mrs May in Cabinet that the children of illegal immigrants should be moved to the worst performing schools in a given … Continue reading →

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Adolescence in Government

Posted on March 28, 2016 by ianchisnall

Almost a year since the General Election that gave jobs to men and women most of whom had already been Ministers for 5 years it is disturbing to watch how so much of their decision making and posturing is adolescent in nature. … Continue reading →

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We must stand together

Posted on March 26, 2016 by ianchisnall

The decision by George Osborne and Nicky Morgan to require all Schools to become academies by 2022 is deeply flawed and anti-democratic and like many others I believe should be firmly resisted. However whatever happens politically by 2022, it is … Continue reading →

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Politician, heal thyself and your chums

Posted on March 6, 2014 by ianchisnall

“There has been an argument in Government about how to get the right careers advice in schools and successive governments have frankly messed this up.” There is an adage that less is more, and in the case of Mr Cables … Continue reading →

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Please Sir, how well qualified are you?

Posted on October 31, 2013 by ianchisnall

The debate on teaching qualifications took a stale turn yesterday as Tristram Hunt was given a grilling by Jeremy Paxman, Paxman demanding to know if Hunt would send his children to a School where the teachers were unqualified, and Hunt … Continue reading →

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A Test for Innocents?

Posted on September 12, 2013 by ianchisnall

I have no professional understanding of education and confess that my own educational attainment is not something which looks very coherent on a job application form. However I have two grown up children who I have seen grow from their birth … Continue reading →

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What will you do this Summer?

Posted on July 21, 2013 by ianchisnall

This week 1000’s of state schools will have their end of term Sports Days and then in addition to the other things planned, 10’s of 1000’s of teachers will begin the work involved in adjusting their teaching plans and visual aids to ensure that in … Continue reading →

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