Articles tagged Grammar Schools:
Telegraph Column: The Grammar School Fiasco
- 24 May 2007
Successful politicians are not only able to make a silk purse out of a pig’s ear but can also take advantage of unexpected opportunities which come their way. And so it has proved with the Great Grammar School farrago which has dominated the last week of Tory politics. ...
Are Grammar Schools Cameron's Clause 4 Moment?
- 17 May 2007
The Conservatives have fought the last three general elections on the policy of a new grammar school in every town. A quick quiz question: who wrote the 2001 manifesto? Correct, David Willetts. Another question: who wrote the 2005 manifesto? Correct, David Cameron. A third que...
The Great Grammar School Debate
- 16 May 2007
I'm touched by the number of people who have been leaving comments on the blog awaiting my views on grammar schools! Well, here goes. This is an argument we didn't need to have. Instead of attacking the concept of grammar schools we should be encouraging diversity in educat...