Debra Kidd's petition http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/teachers-speak-out-against-michael-goves-lists-of-facts-curriculum-8572623.html Defend School History Seminar Saturday 20th April Register DefendSchoolHistory-seminar-postcard Charter for Primary Education Launch Conference Saturday 15th June, 11am-4pm, Central London Register http://primarycharter.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/register-for-the-primary-charter-conference/
The Great Reversal – second edition
The Great Reversal. Young People, Education and Employment in a Declining Economy has been re-issued with minor additions. It can be ordered in the same way (see right hand window) or through: https://radicaled.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/new-book-the-great-reversal/ Martin Allen and Patrick Ainley ISBN 978-0-9575538-0-4
CAMPAIGN FOR THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY BOOK REVIEWS
Patrick Ainley http://publicuniversity.org.uk/2013/04/09/review-of-books-focused-on-the-public-university/ Andrew McGettigan (2013) The Great University Gamble, Money, Markets and the Future of Higher Education, London: Pluto, pp.209, £16.99, 978-0-7453-3293-2 Roger Brown with Helen Carasso (2013) Everything for Sale? The marketization of UK higher education, London: Routledge and the Society for Research into Higher Education, pp.235, £26.99, 978-0-415-80980-1 These two books … Continue reading CAMPAIGN FOR THE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY BOOK REVIEWS
New York post: US labour market falters.
A visit to Brooklyn New York provides clear evidence of the effects of the downturn on the world’s largest economy. Though more affluent than many parts of the US , the growth of ‘discount’ retailing along high streets is only too familiar; while the run down state of local subway stations reflects a crumbling infrastructure. … Continue reading New York post: US labour market falters.
Employment increases -but not for the young
Published on the morning of Osborne’s budget, labour market data for November to January shows a further increase in the number of those employed, up 600 000 to 29.73 million including a 200 000 increase in full-time employment over the last quarter –with ministers crowing about how the growth of private sector employment has offset … Continue reading Employment increases -but not for the young
National Curriculum: principles and practices
Martin Allen National Curriculum proposals in various subjects are now out for consultation. While it is important that teachers, trade unions and subject associations respond to these, it’s also important to develop a more general critique of the underlying principles behind them. The new National Curriculum represents a reactionary step back –part of a more … Continue reading National Curriculum: principles and practices
National Apprenticeship Week : but do employers really want them?
As part of national apprenticeship week, David Cameron has called for apprenticeships to become the "new norm" for school leavers who decide against going to university -wanting work-based training to sit "at the heart of our mission to rebuild the economy" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21734560) Wanting the UK to emulate Germany –or at least post-war Germany! – Cameron … Continue reading National Apprenticeship Week : but do employers really want them?
University numbers. A Great Reversal?
Even though there are still about seven million full- and part-time students in further and higher adult education, half a million of them postgraduates, already overall undergraduate home applications to English universities were down by about 10% for 2012, though UCAS data still shows applications from school leavers, even those from less well-off back grounds, … Continue reading University numbers. A Great Reversal?
Guardian letter 07/03/13
Putting two articles together http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2013/mar/06/time-money-schools-for-profit?INTCMP=SRCH http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/mar/04/schools-budget-coalition-row-escalates?INTCMP=SRCH George Monbiot relates how 'With threats and bribes our schools are forced to be "free"' (Tues 5 March), while you report in the same issue, 'Schools budgets could face cuts as the coalition row over spending escalates'. So it is predictable that private investors could step in as 'the saviours' of … Continue reading Guardian letter 07/03/13
Review of The Great Reversal
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/536390455 The election of the Conservative-Lib Dem Coalition in 2010 brought about a relentless series of attacks on English education (devolution means that the situation is different in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland). For the most part these attacks are understood as the commodification and marketisation of education. While Allen & Ainley do not dispute … Continue reading Review of The Great Reversal
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