Some recent education stories from press and internet

The lasting guarantee of a decent education  -  We owe our national curriculum to Matthew Arnold.   It would be folly to lose it, says David Conway in the Daily Telegraph (4-1-10) Conway, the author of ‘Liberal Education and the National Curriculum’, published by Civitas, says critics of the national curriculum  seem curiously unaware that the [...]

Cameron launches Party’s Draft Manifesto for Education

David Cameron: We need urgent action to improve our schools Rt Hon David Cameron MP, Monday, January 18 2010    Since the New Year, we have been setting out our argument for the election. We want to make this the year for change. We can’t go on like this, and we need change to get the [...]

Has parental choice of schools worked at all?

Interesting piece in today’s Independent where Deborah Orr considers whether parental choice on school admissions has achieved anything, do read it here in full. She starts by saying:- “Long ago when the concept of parental choice was introduced into the state education system, it was done under the assumption that this would somehow create a market in [...]