Liberalism and socialist agenda seem to dominate our education system. THIS is a newspaper report from Brighton at the beginning of this year. Why should children HAVE to identify their gender? It's ludicrous.
The Education Dept has lost its focus on what educating a child means. Schools aren't there to be used as a political platform, for the government to push its own agenda and 'values' (such as they are). Schools should be academically focused - surely that's why they were set up originally.
I also think parents have lost focus on what school really means. Many children are being sent without breakfast - it's not the duty of the schools to provide care before school. Whatever happened to parenting? Some schools even clean their pupils' teeth! THIS article from 2013 states
"Latest NHS data shows that dental problems are now the fourth most common reason young people under 17 are admitted to hospital. According to other recent statistics, around 33 per cent of 12-year-olds have some kind of cavity."
What has happened to schooling? What has happened to parenting?
What the UK needs (including those devolved education systems), is education reform. A realisation that schools should be there to teach subjects, which develop a child's understanding of the world around them and prepares them academically for their chosen profession! NO political agendas; NO liberal agenda, just pure academic teaching, with help and support for those children who have special needs.
Inspections should raise the morale of the teaching staff, instead, teachers dread them, because they know they will never be good enough for the inspectors.
Parents should step up and not complain about the teachers if their child isn't doing well at school - set the example, spend time with your child, they are not a burden!
Read THIS today and this isn't the answer. By opening Grammar schools in the poorest areas of England is like taking a tiny sticking plaster to heal a gaping wound.
For children to succeed, they need the support of their parent(s), but a lot (not all) people who are caught in the poverty trap have their own problems, without being able to deal effectively with their children's education.
Ask teachers who work in poor areas, generally the children receive little support at home. IF a parent wasn't interested in education because their parents weren't, then perhaps they can't help their children or they don't see a pressing need to help, because they're doing fine (on 'the dole', in a low paid job etc). It's a downward spiral which needs to be addressed and halted!
The root of the problem needs to be dealt with before anything else, or as previously said, it would be like taking a tiny sticking plaster to heal a gaping wound!
The Education Dept has lost its focus on what educating a child means. Schools aren't there to be used as a political platform, for the government to push its own agenda and 'values' (such as they are). Schools should be academically focused - surely that's why they were set up originally.
I also think parents have lost focus on what school really means. Many children are being sent without breakfast - it's not the duty of the schools to provide care before school. Whatever happened to parenting? Some schools even clean their pupils' teeth! THIS article from 2013 states
"Latest NHS data shows that dental problems are now the fourth most common reason young people under 17 are admitted to hospital. According to other recent statistics, around 33 per cent of 12-year-olds have some kind of cavity."
What has happened to schooling? What has happened to parenting?
What the UK needs (including those devolved education systems), is education reform. A realisation that schools should be there to teach subjects, which develop a child's understanding of the world around them and prepares them academically for their chosen profession! NO political agendas; NO liberal agenda, just pure academic teaching, with help and support for those children who have special needs.
Inspections should raise the morale of the teaching staff, instead, teachers dread them, because they know they will never be good enough for the inspectors.
Parents should step up and not complain about the teachers if their child isn't doing well at school - set the example, spend time with your child, they are not a burden!
Read THIS today and this isn't the answer. By opening Grammar schools in the poorest areas of England is like taking a tiny sticking plaster to heal a gaping wound.
For children to succeed, they need the support of their parent(s), but a lot (not all) people who are caught in the poverty trap have their own problems, without being able to deal effectively with their children's education.
Ask teachers who work in poor areas, generally the children receive little support at home. IF a parent wasn't interested in education because their parents weren't, then perhaps they can't help their children or they don't see a pressing need to help, because they're doing fine (on 'the dole', in a low paid job etc). It's a downward spiral which needs to be addressed and halted!
The root of the problem needs to be dealt with before anything else, or as previously said, it would be like taking a tiny sticking plaster to heal a gaping wound!
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