http://www.civitas.org.uk/wordpress/2008/08/05/why-state-schooling-is-no-longer-fit-for-purpose/ Daily commentary from Civitas researchers Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:45:57 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.civitas.org.uk/wordpress/2008/08/05/why-state-schooling-is-no-longer-fit-for-purpose/comment-page-1/#comment-514 john elliott Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:44:14 +0000 http://www.civitas.org.uk/wordpress/?p=505#comment-514 The problem is that we expect schools to make pupils clever.They cannot. A briliant school will not make a dim person bright. Schools can give order,work ethic, and some facts. Coaching pupils seems to me to be a reasonable thing to do. The problem is that we expect schools to make pupils clever.They cannot. A briliant school will not make a dim person bright. Schools can give order,work ethic, and some facts. Coaching pupils seems to me to be a reasonable thing to do.

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