Archive for January, 2010
The lasting guarantee of a decent education
Posted by James Gubb in Civil Liberty, Education on 07/01/2010
In the Daily Telegraph this week, David Conway writes on the subject of his new book, Liberal Education and the National Curriculum, published by Civitas.
‘Critics of the national curriculum – and they are legion in our classrooms and teacher training colleges – seem curiously unaware that the first person to propose such a curriculum for England was Matthew Arnold.
Continued here.
Some Looney Tunes Cartoons Are Not So Loony
Posted by David Conway in Economics, Education, Politics, Tax and Spend on 05/01/2010
Schools Secretary Ed Balls recently announced that, under the rubric of the new Personal, Social, Health and Economic curriculum to be introduced from September 2011, children as young as five will be given lessons on how to save.
Editorial columns have greeted the announcement with derision, rightly commenting on the irony involved.