| |
Do we really want dynamic, business-minded children?
• I WROTE to the Tribune almost two years ago, in May 2006, with my concerns as a parent about the government’s academy programme in education and what I believed the effect would be on schools in Islington, particularly the proposal to turn my local high school, Islington Green, into a “business academy” privately sponsored by the City of London and City University.
I wrote then that among a multitude of objections to this folly, my main concern was the obsession with “business” in schools and the crusade to create “dynamic, business-minded children”. However, despite assurances throughout the consultation period by the council that “business” would not be an obsession, the release of the new staffing structure within the school suggests my fears were justified. > more |
 |
|
|
| |
| |
