It’s clear that politics has a place in every person’s life. If you ignore it, and think that’s enough, you’ll soon sadly discover that in your absence it won’t ignore you. As Lawrence Lessig has so clearly outlined: perhaps more importantly … Continue reading
Over the last few weeks, I have become increasingly aware of the need to bring up our children so that they can speak other languages – but that we are going about it the wrong way. There is now ample … Continue reading
It’s the EU again. That is, my topic today is the EU once again. There are two things which caught my eye and which I thought may interest 2020UK readers. Firstly, the news today is that Greece want ‘room … Continue reading
So, teachers recently have been subjected to quite a battering. This is due to us all being crap basically! This could be alleviated by bringing in the Army and/or people from other professions. This is the way to raise standards … Continue reading
As the 2011 census figures yesterday revealed a population increase of 7.1% in the previous decade. I wanted to use today’s blog post just to give an overview of the effects these figures could have on the future of the … Continue reading
Nick Clegg is prepared to oppose plans by Michael Gove to replace GCSEs with a two-tier system by voting in the House of Commons to increase the proposals by 300%. A furious deputy prime minister, who was not consulted … Continue reading
As this Bank Holiday weekend drew to a soggy close, the story begun to emerge of how 80 unemployed people from Bristol, Bath and Plymouth were bussed to London to “work” as stewards for Sunday’s Diamond Jubilee river pageant. Fifty … Continue reading
An interesting news item that popped up alongside the weather eccentricities of our countries yesterday was the news that Education Secretary Michael Gove wants universities to play a large part in the setting of A-level examinations. As things stand, the … Continue reading
Today’s blog title is taken from an article by the excellent Jackie Ashley in The Guardian, in which she describes the refusal of the Government to alter course on its Health & Social Care Bill as an exercise in saving face, … Continue reading
By Rodney Willett: 5 September 2011 There has been an exchange of emails between me and someone involved in educating young people who, for reasons that will become obvious, I do not wish to name. Essentially I was talking about … Continue reading