I believe that all children should have equality of opportunity in education and, as far as I am concerned, that means no privilege due to an accident of birth and it also means the end of Public Schools. Unfortunately this is unlikely to happen as too many people with influence have a vested interests in maintaining the status quo.
As a child I attended state schools and then trained as an Art teacher. Following that training I worked in the printing industry for a number of years eventually retraining as a teacher of Design and Technology. I then taught in a High School and later in a Middle School . When I retired from teaching I worked for the Local Educational Authority as an assessment consultant, training teachers to use appropriate software for tracking pupil progress. Now I have retired completely and I watch in horror as the state system of education is torn apart.
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Once reclassified as "independent" (and academies and free schools are technically indpendent) they can then be taken over by academy chains and, eventually, profit-making firms. This policy has nothing to do with raising standards although it is portrayed as such. The government attacks on two fronts: firstly, by promoting the perception that English state education has for generations failed its pupils, and secondly, by saying that academy conversion is the only answer. This is despite growing evidence to the contrary - see other threads on this site for analysis of academy performance based on DfE stats, and the link below.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/feb/13/league-tables-academies-...
I'm glad I'm retired but my heart goes out to all those committed teachers who are still trying to put the education of ALL children before their careers.
Paul Reeves - according to Fiona Millar and others, the education provided at a state school is as good, if not better, than at a public school. If this is the case why do you consider public school pupils more privileged?
http://tinyurl.com/dy2gqhr
See above....
http://tinyurl.com/cbcomsy
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