There have been claims today that the Gove school plan is flawed as school budgets will suffer. (See BBC & ASI Blog). The comments are put out by those who cannot see the twin advantages of such a policy – Of raising standards and raising productivity. Like in Sweden, it will serve to provide better value for [...]
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Education – A small innovation or extra costs?
Posted by manicbeancounter on April 26, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/04/26/education-a-small-innovation-or-extra-costs/
Government is no longer New Labour of the 1997 Manifesto
The Government is now further from the “New” Labour in the 1997 Manifesto, than “New” Labour was from the traditional Labour party. These extracts from that 1997 Manifesto demonstrate the point. Spending and tax: new Labour’s approach “The myth that the solution to every problem is increased spending has been comprehensively dispelled under the [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on January 9, 2010
http://manicbeancounter.com/2010/01/09/government-is-no-longer-new-labour-of-the-1997-manifesto/
Conservative’s encourage Hard Core ‘A’ Levels
The Conservatives have new proposals to try to improve standards in ‘A’ level education by encouraging schools to concentrate on the harder subjects. A new points system will rank harder subjects higher for league table purposes (and to give more points for higher grades). This is will be a positive step forward from the current [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on August 19, 2009
http://manicbeancounter.com/2009/08/19/326/
Number 10 needs a literate secretary
Whilst reading the Prime Minister’s speech made today at St Paul’s Cathedral, I noticed some typos. I know that I make grammatical and typographical error. But for the website of the British Prime Minister? Do they not have literate secretaries nowadays? It is disappointing that they did not even run this report through a simple [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on March 31, 2009
http://manicbeancounter.com/2009/03/31/number-10-needs-a-literate-secretary/
