Martin Allen new blog:
8 hours ago ·
<In the United Kingdom, new online job postings for middle-skill occupations contracted twice as much between February and April 2020 as for low-skill occupations, and 40% more than for high-skill occupations. These results point to the possibility that the COVID-19 shock will reinforce the existing trend of employment polarisation.>(OECD Employment Outlook UK).
8 hours ago ·
Gove and Cummings again:<When the then education secretary, Michael Gove, announced he wanted to refocus the teaching of history in schools to “celebrate the distinguished role of these islands in the history of the world”, he removed the curriculum’s explicit focus on racial and ethnic diversity, particularly within Britain. Though some of his more extreme ideas were dropped after opposition from teachers and academics, his changes meant the teaching of black history became optional.>
2 days ago ·
<Returning to normal – the crude labelling of schools by Ofsted with “high-stakes exams [and] the crowding out of creativity” – would be wrong... Gove and Cummings were the architects of the most reactionary and destructive set of reforms to the school system in the western world in the period 2010 to 2014. The entire infrastructure was fragmented via the huge growth of the academies programme, and the “toxic” exams and inspection system was made the overwhelming priority>(Ron Glatter, Hemel Hempstead
2 days ago ·
Before 'Britain After Covid' comes Brexit!
2 days ago ·