We’ve faced a good deal of opposition in the last year and a half. And I am certain 2012 will be no different. Because one thing I’ve come to realise during my time as Education Secretary is that the opposition we face is of a very particular kind… It’s ironic, […]
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ConservativeHome’s Platform: Michael Gove: The scale of our education challenge is so great that we need urgent reform. On every front.
Just before Christmas the most comprehensive survey of global educational achievement ever conducted showed that in the last ten years we have plummeted in the rankings: from 4th to 16th for science, 7th to 25th for literacy and 8th to 28th for maths. In tests of mathematics, Chinese 15-year-olds are […]
Read More‘A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops’ – Henry Adams
NB: The author is Tim Hewish, who I am glad to welcome as a local contributor. — Steve Buckinghamshire is blessed with having Grammar schools and is complimented by a large number of successful State schools; however not all parts of the country are so privileged. I was fortunate enough […]
Read MoreMichael Gove – campaigning for the best in state education
Michael Gove is one of the most inspiring men I have met, for his intellect, for his courtesy and for the sheer decency he brings to politics. Here he talks about education.
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