School governors vs the Government

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School governors are becoming increasingly critical of the government's education policy as they make use of their powers to oversee school reforms. They are now considering setting deficit budgets in order to keep class sizes under control and avoid making teachers redundant, and in one case the county council has been forced to take over the finances of a primary school where the governors have resigned over budget cuts. Protests are also coming from parents, and efforts are being made to establish a national grouping of parents, teachers and governors.

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Men of influence behind shift in educational values

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The ideas of members of the Centre for Policy Studies and the Institute of Economic Affairs affect government education policy. Brief profiles of six influential individuals explain their views on traditional curriculum matters. Chairman of the National Curriculum Council David Pascall, Lord Skidelsky, Dr John Marks, Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach and John Marenbon of School Examinations and Assessment Council and Anthony O'Hear of the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Training are quoted.

Social policy, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Curricula, Curriculum, Pascall, David, Marks, John, Griffiths, Brian, Skidelsky, Robert, Marenbon, John, O'Hear, Anthony

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Tory grammar tests put on ice

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The United Kingdom government is delaying compulsory grammar testing in schools while a review of English teaching is carried out. Grammar resting for 14-year-olds was planned by the previous, Conservative, government, as were tests for mental arithmetic, which the new government will carry out. There have been criticisms by English teachers of the way English is tested in schools, and problems have arisen with the polit tests for grammar.

Elementary and secondary schools, Elementary & Secondary Schools, Testing, English language, Schools, British

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