Education Secretary to make it easier for Headteachers to deal with struggling teachers

Wow, teacher union leaders have actually praised something that Michael Gove has done!    Yes, his announcement today that he wants to make it easier for headteachers to dismiss bad teachers has won approval from the General Secretaries of both the National Association of Head Teachers and the Association of School and College Leaders. The Education Secretary [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]