That is the big story. Schools are being privatised, but also nationalised, which may sound contradictory but not to a government which, while it believes ideologically in deregulation, wants to stay in control. Power in education was once dispersed, with teachers, parents, local councils and central government all having rights and responsibilities defined by statute. Change required persuasion and negotiation. Gove has ensured that, in future, it will occur by Whitehall diktat. On that, we should all share the teachers' seasonal anger.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/apr/08/share-teachers-seasonal-anger-gove
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Monday, 16 April 2012
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Global education or the death of the individual
Murdoch himself, returning to London, spoke at a conference of chief executives. The Times recorded: "Mr Murdoch detailed a vision whereby almost all children would be provided with technology such as specially designed tablet computers. He said that through such advances, 'You can get the very, very finest teachers in every course, in every subject, at every grade, and make them available to every child in the school – or if necessary, in some cases – in the world.'
"Mr Murdoch said that News Corporation, parent company of the Times, would help to spearhead this change by growing its business in providing educational material. He said he would be "thrilled" if 10% of News Corporation's business was made up of its education revenues in the next five years."
[Joel Klein] now plays a key role in controlling the controversial management and standards committee (MSC) that is house-cleaning at News International by handing over journalists' incriminating emails to the police.
Until Murdoch's UK operation has been fully cleansed of its hacking toxicity, the way will not be open for Klein to resume his education projects, and his formerly close political links with Gove. But the end of the process of "draining the swamp", as one MSC source put it, may now be in sight.
It is all too depresingly of our time that it should be thought that encapsulated exposure to what is universally rated the 'best' should be superior than live interaction. Never mind diversity; never mind process and the lived life; this is 'world class'. How about 'life class' instead?
"Mr Murdoch said that News Corporation, parent company of the Times, would help to spearhead this change by growing its business in providing educational material. He said he would be "thrilled" if 10% of News Corporation's business was made up of its education revenues in the next five years."
[Joel Klein] now plays a key role in controlling the controversial management and standards committee (MSC) that is house-cleaning at News International by handing over journalists' incriminating emails to the police.
Until Murdoch's UK operation has been fully cleansed of its hacking toxicity, the way will not be open for Klein to resume his education projects, and his formerly close political links with Gove. But the end of the process of "draining the swamp", as one MSC source put it, may now be in sight.
It is all too depresingly of our time that it should be thought that encapsulated exposure to what is universally rated the 'best' should be superior than live interaction. Never mind diversity; never mind process and the lived life; this is 'world class'. How about 'life class' instead?
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