| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:It's not about party politics | |
| Posted by: | Tom Pike | |
| Date/Time: | 24/02/12 08:39:00 |
| David, When we see we're running behind, I think most of us would first like to understand what could be giving our neighbours an advantage. Repeating old nostrums (and yours is from Labour!) is hardly an analysis. In fact those neighbours doing a better job in educating their children generally have comprehensive schools that spend more, particularly on teachers' pay (even at the expense of larger classes) and decide what they teach. When David Willetts affirmed that the Tories would not introduce more grammar schools, Cameron defended "two brains", saying that the critics who wanted more selective education were "splashing around in the shallow end of the educational debate." Great comment, though it did not save Willetts from the tantrums of the paddling-pool tendency, and so now we have Michael Gove. But maybe you could dive in the deep end and come up with some coherent arguments as to why you think our neighbours' children, taught in comprehensive schools, are beating us in the educational rankings. |