Stand Up for Education
Various authors,
Oct 26, 2014
Britain's National Union of Teachers (NUT) has released a manifesto (16 page PDF) addressing changes to the direction of that nation's schools. While the document is focused on the British general election slated for 2015, the document has wider relevance. Among other things, it argues that:
- We need a wider vision of learning and achievement
- We need more time for teaching – not more tests
- All children deserve qualified teachers
- We need to end child poverty
- Education should not be run for profit
- We need teaching to be an attractive profession
I think these are reasonable statements. And I think that all parties will need to look at a retreat from the numbers-based corporate-focused education that has characterized reform in some places in recent years.
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