Political Economy » Society http://www.politicaleconomy.me.uk Economics, business and politics with an English Democrats Party flavour Wed, 05 May 2010 21:53:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Inside Education http://www.politicaleconomy.me.uk/2010/05/inside-education/ http://www.politicaleconomy.me.uk/2010/05/inside-education/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 09:25:55 +0000 Charles Vickers http://www.politicaleconomy.me.uk/?p=181 Well it would have to be since I am a teacher. I have taught for 20 years. I feel worried for the system I have been part of for all these years.I have seen what various administrations have tried to impose on education. I have seen the imposition of the National Curriculum. On the whole a good thing as it determined what should be taught. Good schools did it already. The only regret here is that it stopped with core subjects. Testing was needed to get the standards going in the right direction. But we should have prepared teachers and schools for picking it up and used resources available to develop this assessment. A missed opportunity in my view.

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In the Government of the People, by the People and for the People this question is  important, it is difficult and, in its propensity to bring about civil strife, it is dangerous. Abraham Lincoln asked this question and struggled with it for many years. His simple answer, that  no individual or community had the right to do what was wrong led to his selection as the Republican candidate for President. And as they say, “All the rest is history”.

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