badgerx16

bunting

Mistress

After next season we'll both be in the CCC, and after that.......

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plantain

republic

I seem to remember a BBC radio report during the election that said the Tory policy was based on something they do in New York - and that 50% of new schools set up in this way as 'free' of local government control fail in the first 3 years, and have to be adopted by the state, and by 5 years it's about 90%. So that works ;-)

Barley

Damn - too slow ----- Quaker

Probably not - school budgets are provisioned by central funding, and most LEA direct support functions are funded by 'top slicing' or charging, so when the school has a fully devolved budget, the LEA funding goes if the school sources services elsewhere. This is a purely dogmatic policy, based on Tory conceit & prejudice. It will not improve standards, but will lead to an educational 'social apartheid'.

opponent

12.3.3 says it applies if the club went into admin after the end of the EPL season but before the start of the CCC, and that a club cannot suffer 2 deductions for the same 'offence'. The Skates have had their deduction for enetring admin already. The one we are interested in is any further deduction for coming out of admin without an agreed CVA,- how / when is a company ruled as having come out of administration ?

balls

You obviously don't understand the proposal 1) Under this scheme the schools will be removed from the control of those nasty, commie, LEAs, who top slice 99% of the education budget to spend on junkets and mayoral Jags. 2) The schools will have more control over teachers pay & conditions, reinforcing the ability of the better schools to siphon off the more capable staff - after all, those chavvy council estate scum don't want to learn, so why should good teachers have to waste their time trying 3) The schools can 'opt out' of the national curriculum, and can choose which qualifications are most appropriate for their pupils. Without any comparative measure to determine between schools, as each follows it's own ideas, we can then do away with league tables, as they will be even more meaningless than they are now On a more sensible note : If the schools are out of LEA control, who deals with school admissions, and who mediates disputes and over-subscription ?

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SnakeOil

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vanguard

bird

(of ) Spades

Heseltine

With respect to exams being harder /easier, you are comparing apples with pears. The curriculum is different now, and with this change of emphasis some things that were 'A' level are now 'O' level ( equivalent ), and vice versa. Things are 'easy' if you understand them, and 'hard' if you don't - ( much like watching Mastermind or University Challenge ). Also, the exam regime itself is different; much more of the work that counts to the exam is modular, and can be reviewed and amended before being submitted for final assessment, as opposed to 'pure' exams which are taken on the day and are inviolate. ( On the whole I think this is a better way of doing things,- how many 'real world' workplace learning experiences are handled without reference to manuals or colleagues ? ). What is important is not so much the retention of knowledge as the posession of skills to analyse and assess, and to apply pratical experience to situations as they arise.

SlipKnot ( RIP Paul Gray )

Listen to any of the new Tory front-benchers being interviewed and count the number of times they use prefix "modern progressive" before mentioning "conservative". Francis Maude was on R4 this morning, and I swear he got it into double figures in just 4 minutes. They'll claim to be 'liberal' next - oops, some of them are !

TBH, the target of 50% of 18 year-olds going to uni is fatuous and misguided. As long as the system is geared towards ability, and presents a level playing field regardless of social classification, the brightest and best should get all the support they need, in courses that are of 'value'. There should be more technically/practically focussed opportunities for those who fall short of uni standard, or who simply prefer not to go. Back this up with apprenticeships and the majority of late teens should be set up for their working lives.