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 [...]

Should schools stick to the “Real Subjects”?

Libby Purves has an interesting piece in The Times today, here, ”How dare they sneer at ambitious parents.” She makes the point that, for 2008, we should try to renounce certain chippy cliches, such as the “sharp-elbowed middle classes who colonise the best schools”.   She says although such comments may be fun, they are a distraction [...]