The Government’s Education Select Committee is toying with a new idea to improve school education. Performance-related pay is to be considered, with a proposal that poorer teachers be paid less. In doing so they are falling into the socialist trap of imposing market-style discipline on a state-controlled activity, a process that often manages to [...]
Continue Reading →The Freedom Association is delighted to announce that Stephanie Lis has been appointed as its Campaign Manager, to succeed Christiana Hambro.
Simon Richards, Director of The Freedom Association, said:
"In a very strong field of candidates, Stephanie stood out not only because of her successful work for us as [...]
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For too long teaching has been about league tables and targets, when it should really be about helping children obtain the skills that are necessary for later life. One consequence of the league table culture has been to encourage children to [...]
Continue Reading →It has been just over six months, since the Conservative-led Government was formed, and it is already making major, radical reforms to our politics, society, economy and our standing in the world. During those six months we have had: the Chancellor’s Emergency Budget that rescued us from the brink; the Comprehensive [...]
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No, this isn't a blog post about state education! It is about the latest plan from a Middlesborough Mayor to resolve the problem of alcohol abuse. He has decided that the best way forward now, to encourage people to stop drinking, [...]
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