tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383926108533676896.post8369287096965697631..comments2013-06-14T06:23:54.393-07:00Comments on English Education Elite: What is a privileged education?Nigelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11628251079313923685noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383926108533676896.post-31947056412110675562013-06-14T06:23:21.470-07:002013-06-14T06:23:21.470-07:00Hello banx's
I've got two kids of school ...Hello banx's<br /><br />I've got two kids of school age, who have been schooled in the Middle East, Singapore and in the UK. Obviously, I've had the opportunity to compare the different systems, and make choices about my children's education based on that perspective.<br /><br />A few years ago, there were very few people who were saying British state education was failing the brightest students, but it has recently become a mainstream view, with <a href="http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/resources/most-able-students-are-they-doing-well-they-should-our-non-selective-secondary-schools" rel="nofollow">Ofsted</a> and <a href="http://www.suttontrust.com/research/degree-of-success-university-chances-by-individual-school/" rel="nofollow">The Sutton Trust</a> publishing their own reports on the issue.<br /><br />It seems that the topic is now being depoliticised (I hope), with some notable figures on the left of politics saying that the poor have the most to gain by the return of highly academic state education.Nigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628251079313923685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383926108533676896.post-63832788672261396212013-06-14T04:26:08.437-07:002013-06-14T04:26:08.437-07:00Found this blog by accident. Wow! I must say, I d...Found this blog by accident. Wow! I must say, I do find your views very interesting about the English education system. What experience have you had in the education system to lead to this conclusion aboat the education of British children?banx'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627388458687707748noreply@blogger.com