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Post by charlesuirdhein on Apr 21, 2017 23:47:04 GMT
Fascinating to read, Nucleusoftheswarm. Horrible to see such things. I didn't go to school in the UK but I do live here now and...I dunno. It's insane. But it's also policy that services are redefined as "businesses" and can thus fail, things get privatised, the entire Academy shtick is ridiculous because the same principle applies there as to your cogent argument re grammar schools.
League tables should also be banned because how is that sane in a system funded by the government? This is the same Tory nonsense that wanted my local hospital closed so that the one next to it would get better numbers...oh I dunno. There are friends on here who vote for this party, I don't need arguments with them. I'll just make sure to vote.
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Post by fingersmash on Apr 23, 2017 13:28:59 GMT
What does the education system need to change? Start by getting rid of the Cold War mentality of training the next Olympians and try focusing on things that will actually advance the next generations like arts and sciences. By all means, keep the sports but don't give them millions of dollars to the expense of shoving actual education into a corner. You can really tell I lived in High School Football country.
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Post by TinDogPodcast on Apr 27, 2017 11:02:24 GMT
Stop testing kids...
Have an ex teacher in government
Let teachers teach.
Change for the appearance of change is childish rubish
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Post by sherlock on May 4, 2017 22:30:58 GMT
UK uni student here.
The schools in my area (which is all I can judge the system on) have been actually improving in recent years, whether this is due to them academising is not clear in the slightest, might have helped, might not. I don't get the point of changing the GCSEs to numbers-what exactly does that achieve? It's just confusing, and how's that helpful to anyone. Equally I don't get what the introduction of grammar schools is meant to achieve. They want to help less well-off kids achieve, why not start with finding ways to improve the currently existing school structures. Re-introducing grammar schools seems a kind of hand-waving gesture that doesn't actually solve the problem.
And just to vent, university students would also appreciate being able to graduate without nearly £30,000 worth of debt (plus at least £15,000 in maintenance loans on top). I can understand the need for some level of fee, it's fair enough. But £9,250!! That's £3,000 a term and in my third term I don't even have any formal teaching, just exams. Rant over.
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