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There is, however scope in some areas to improve the mixture of kids in schools
Anyway, I agree, better to just improve all schools - which is what has happened since I was a kid I think, even the schools in rough areas now send kids to decent Unis
It's quite different today - parents have more options and more power within the state system. Not only with out-of-catchment placements - I'm on the Parent Councils of both my kids' primary and secondary schools, and was involved in helping choose the current headteachers of both, as well as raising many issues with my local councillors and bring some pressure to bear.
That's also why I agree that taking motivated parents as well as high-achieving children away from the state sector is actively harmful and divisive. Even at that I don't want to see people prevented from having the choice if they want to pay for it, but I'm not at all sure that private schools deserve charitable status.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
30 tweets on May - Juncker meeting
https://twitter.com/JeremyCliffe
Some state schools are excellent all all that happens is that house prices around the catchment area shoot up and local,people are forced out. London schools do face the demographic problem which lowers the standard that can be achieved.
This is is a really interesting debate/ discussion. My father was mortified that I was going to pay for my sons education he now sees the benefit and understands the location problems we face living in London therefore being almost forced to pay school fees if you can make it work financially. Why can't the standards in all schools be the same?
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
There's no other way all 27 countries could agree a common negotiating position unanimously and so quickly otherwise - if it was more nuanced then there would be differences of opinion over what we should be allowed to get. So it's the hardest of hard Brexits no matter what May says or wants.
They will simply refuse to discuss any future trade agreements whatever until after the two years is up and we're out, and at that point they will hold all the cards.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Teachers can't make parents do their job better but successive governments have put the emphasis onto teachers to make up for parental shortcomings. The recent cases of parents taking kids out during school term has been marked by being one of the few times in the last 20 years that I've been studying education (ed. policy was half of my university time) that a government actually dared to criticise parents. The role of the parent in the education process is one that is underplayed badly by politicians and quite deliberately in my view. Can't be seen to criticise potential voters now, can we?
London is a very difficult area educationally. When I wrote a report on educational policy within Birmingham, I visited a number of schools and went through the usual social and economic problems. London is so magnified that it makes things very difficult indeed. In Birmingham, it might have been one electoral ward as a whole that was poor and the next was far wealthier. You'd see the corresponding differences educationally. In London, it's on a smaller scale. It's not a borough that is poor or an electoral ward, it can be the polarity between one street of council blocks leading onto something far far wealthier. Islington is a prime example of this. Mags regularly comments about the Islington champagne socialists but this bounces against the rate of free school meals within that area:
http://urbs.london/falling-numbers-for-free-school-meals-but-rates-still-among-highest-in-country/4228
You then consider Kensington and Chelsea with a high free meal rate balanced against 2012 data that says there are 40 independent schools in the borough out of 78 schools in total. Rich versus poor in a nutshell.
It'd be interesting going through similar stats for somewhere like New York, which does have similar pockets of poverty mixing so closely with wealth.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Probably all enjoying their reduced spending power and increased weekly outgoings.
Varoufakis was absolutely right all the way through the Greek crisis, but what good did it do him or Greece? He was sacked and Greece remained in the Euro on punitive terms. (Which will eventually unravel again.)
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The elephant in the room for the EU is the budget. The UK are one of the few net contributors. If we leave without a deal budgets will need to be slashed or the likes of Germany will have to pay more.
Add to that French, Italian and Spanish farmers who will lose access to the UK market and French and Spanish fishermen who plunder UK waters who will have to go elsewhere for fish, plus other interest groups and there's a toxic cocktail of pain for the EU if they don't compromise.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
The one being held on 9th June.
Has ther international date line moved?
No idea, but our bremainer prime minister is still talking about strong leadership and a hard brexit.