2. It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times.
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
3. Becta
“My judgment was that we had to prioritise
spending on the front line. That has meant that
those bodies-BECTA and the QCDA, which
were responsible for spending money not on the
front line, but in an arm's length way, as
quangos-have had to accept that economies are
necessary.”
4. Rose
“Ministers announced on 7 June 2010 that the
Government does not intend to proceed with the
new primary curriculum... The Government
intends to return the National Curriculum to its
intended purpose – a minimum national
entitlement organised around subject disciplines”
5. Harnessing Technology
“We announced last week that we would recreate
the standards and diversity fund for schools,
started by Tony Blair and abandoned under his
successor. We are devoting to that fund £50
million saved from low-priority IT spending”
6. "Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls
nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant
nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only
form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts:
nothing else will ever be of any service to them. This is
the principle on which I bring up my own children, and
this is the principle on which I bring up these children.
Stick to Facts, sir!"
7. School Children and Teacher, Washington D.C., 1899. Photographed by Frances Benjamin
Johnston. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Div., LOC# LC-USZ62-90603
12. Atrium at centre of classroom block. Photo
by Simon Doling, Oriel High School | http://www.victorianlondon.org/prisons/wormwood.htm
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18. “The Government is genuinely committed to
giving schools greater freedoms. We trust
teachers and headteachers to run their schools.
We think headteachers know how to run their
schools better than bureaucrats or politicians.”
