Home education – Mark Field’s view

CES members have shown an interest in home education.   Indeed, we have home educators amongst our members.   When the big brother thought police start on about parents having a legal duty to send their children to school, they need to be reminded that, at least as the law stands now, they do not.   Their legal [...]

Douglas Carswell outlines his thoughts on a Conservative education policy

“This country has a serious problem:  a large number of people leave the education system functionally illiterate, lacking the basic skills they need to lead an ordinary contented life.”   This was how Douglas Carswell began his recent talk to the Conservative Education Society.
Douglas Carswell is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Harwich, is a member [...]

Guardian correspondent suggests direction of labour for teachers

This piece appeared in The Guardian today.   Its content is not surprising, bearing in mind where it was published, but the comments from readers were interesting.   There were a few socialist warriors who mainly seemed to want to insult their great enemy “the middle class”, but the great majority wrote sensibly pointing our both the [...]