RecessMonkey (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Earlier this month, Michael Gove released his note that documents the failure of Government’s educational policy over the past 11 years in which he alleges that the educational inequality gap has widened under Labour. You can read it here, although Recess Monkey suggests you don’t bother, now that a couple of experts have taken the [...]
Freemania (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
There’s a very good piece in the Guardian today about educational inequality. I had a go at fisking Michael Gove’s attack on the government’s “unfair” policies last week, but people with far more factual knowledge than me have done a better job: Dr Ruth Lupton and Dr Natalie Heath of the Institute of Education. "Gove is wrong about the direction of inequalities," says Lupton. "Data...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Tory Michael Gove has an avalanche of statistics to damn Labour's record on education. But just how accurate are his figures? John Crace investigates
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
... world************FEATURES AND COMMENT· Mind the gap: Is inequality worse than ever?Yes, says Tory Michael Gove, and he has an avalanche of statistics to damn Labour's record on education. But just how accurate are his figures? John Crace investigates· Mental health: Damning the demon drink won't deal with a greater illPoor mental health lies behind both excessive drinking and domestic...
ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
... - David Cameron's choice as Health Secretary - is sympathetic to an expansion of sex education. Michael Gove's views are not known. Many parents will question this approach, however. Labour came to power promising to tackle teen pregnancy and the STI problem by expanding sex education and have done exactly that. Rather than 'even more of the same' religious campaigners and moral conservatives...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
... and Equiano by name while omitting mention of noted politicians such as Sir Winston Churchill.Michael Gove, the shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, has said: "Winston Churchill is the towering figure of 20th-century British history. His fight against fascism was Britain's finest hour. Our national story can't be told without Churchill at the centre."However,...
ConservativeHome's ToryDiary (Free subscription) | 08/24/2008
... Education and skills: Far too many children in Britain are trapped in underperforming schools. Michael Gove's Swedish-inspired revolution will start to change that. Also welcome are Mr Gove's concerns about science and maths teaching and John Hayes' work on skills . OKAY Taxes: This ingredient almost deserves to be in the ugly category but for some interesting ideas on tax...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
... world.It is true that the so-called lads' magazines, recently blamed by Tory education spokesman Michael Gove for all the inadequacies of the nation's youth, have recently registered some catastrophic drops in circulation. And it's not only the likes of Gove who will be pleased to hear the news.But meanwhile, what are called general interest magazines are doing very well, thank...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Alevel students will be able to get top marks in modern languages without studying any literature under a new syllabus to be launched next month.
