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 [...]

Education officials are at it too – expenses, that is!

Not all the attention on expenses has been limited to MPs.   There have been some examples of “luxury” expenses claimed by local government officials and by officials of quangos. Now Nick Seaton, who leads the Campaign for Real Education, and is himself a member of CES, has written this piece on Conservative Home. Nick says [...]