Opponents of Latin are the real elitists
Classics should not be the preserve of the posh, writes Gareth Sturdy in Spiked… …The programme has provoked considerable outrage from the liberal-left. Critics of the government say its focus […]
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Entries by Harley Richardson
Decarbonise and Decolonise – An Elitist Campaign from UCU & SOS
Writing for Don’t Divide Us, Alex Standish considers the ways in which a seemingly well-intentioned campaign by Students Organising for Sustainability and the University and College Union is actually elitist, anti-democratic […]
“The education system needs teachers who can demonstrate authority”
Between modern aversions to notions of ‘authority’ and the policing of public discourse, is it any surprise that teachers are finding it harder to be authoritative, asks Alka Sehgal Cuthbert […]
The Curriculum Journal reviews What Should Schools Teach?
The second edition of What Schools Should Teach: Disciplines, Subjects and the Pursuit of Truth (UCL Press 2021), edited by Education Forum members Alka Sehgal Cuthbert and Alex Standish, has […]
The place of public examinations in future school assessment
Education Forum members Alex Standish and Dave Perks, writing in Impact, the journal of the Chartered College of Teachers… In 2021, most public examinations for GCSEs, A-levels and vocational qualifications […]
21st-century skills – Schools are meant to teach them, but will employers actually want them?
We’ve all heard how important 21st-century skills are meant to be for today’s students, says Harley Richardson in the Forum’s column for Teach Secondary magazine – but given current employment […]
The pupils are taking over the classroom
The ‘racist’ uniform protests at Pimlico Academy have exposed teachers’ lack of authority, argues the Education Forum’s Gareth Sturdy in Spiked… …why did matters escalate to a point where flags […]
Areo reviews “What Should School Teach?”
Educator David J. Ferrero assesses the second edition of What Should Schools Teach?: Disciplines, Subjects and the Pursuit of Truth, edited by Education Forum members Alka Sehgal Cuthbert and Alex […]