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Tag Archives: Michael Gove
If you can’t teach, be a special adviser
According to satirist H.L. Mencken Mencken “Those who can — do. Those who can’t — teach.” this cynical phrase was extended to “Those who can’t teach – teach teachers” by person or persons unknown at a later date. There could … Continue reading
Who looks after our children best?
On the 13th September the Government published a set of statistics and some analysis relating to children who live in a range of institutional residential settings across the UK. The full set of data available can be found on the website of the Department for Education … Continue reading
A Test for Innocents?
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
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Children, Education, Educators, Government, Michael Gove
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Crawley’s Glass Whiteboard
If the barrier to an acceptable gender balance in boardrooms and within our Governmental structures is referred to as a glass ceiling, perhaps there is something similar that could be used as a shorthand when it comes to our classrooms? … Continue reading
Lets educate the Government
The Government appears to be trying to reconcile a certain amount of internal conflict. It frequently speaks about engagement, consultation and localism, all of which suggest it recognises that any legislation and guidelines should reflect local needs and imply that the State which … Continue reading
What will you do this Summer?
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
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Education, Government, Margaret Thatcher, Michael Gove, State Schools, Tony Blair
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Payments By Results – Parliamentary Style
The debate about MPs pay and rations is inevitably focusing on the money, but perhaps we need to try to step back and focus on value. About 10 years ago I took my car to a garage for an MOT … Continue reading
Gove and some playground calculations
According to a recent article in the Sunday Telegraph, the MP for Surrey Heath who is so focused on strengthening basic skills in our schools, has failed to apply some simple sums in his own department. According to the article, there are several consultants working … Continue reading
Definitely the wrong recipe Graham
I recently asked local Conservative Councillor Graham Cox via twitter if he had any suggestions to make as to how the current intense pressure on foodbanks could be reduced. This follows an exponential increase in demand for these services across the country … Continue reading
Posted in Charities, Economics
Tagged Conservative Party, Foodbanks, Graham Cox, Laura Sandys MP, Michael Gove, Spectator Magazine
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What Fostergate tells us
This weekend many of us have heard disturbing reports that suggest that Rotherham Social Services have decided that a couple who have been providing long-term foster placements for three children are now unfit to foster these children due to the ethnicity of the children and as a result … Continue reading
Posted in Community Safety
Tagged BBC Radio 4, David Cameron, Denis MacShane, Ed Miliband, Michael Gove, Nigel Farage, Rotherham
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