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Full support for schools shake-up (From York Press)
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Full support for schools shake-up
9:42am Wednesday 31st October 2012 in Letters By Reader's letter
AS AN alumni of John Tomsett and a highly experienced teacher, I would like to express my enthusiastic support for his forum on depoliticising education (The Press, October 29).
The best aspects of education in the past few years have been the range of qualifications for less academic students, the variety of ways in which students can be assessed and the faith given to teachers to assess their own students realistically and rigorously.
I agree that there does need to be accountability and a competitive spirit among schools to reach exceptional performance in order to retain and strengthen the respect this vocational and challenging profession deserves.
I fervently hope this voice intrudes into the self-serving conscience of Education Secretary Michael Gove.
Alison Lister, Acomb, York.
Even AndyD says...
12:31pm Wed 31 Oct 12
Ours meanwhile is just a see-saw of right versus left ideology. As the years pass, each new government reverses the changes made by the last and on it goes to an extent where we are swamped with qualifications that employers don't understand. Btecs, national dimplomas, GSCE, 16plus, CSE, YOP schemes, YTS, and so it goes on.
Come on politicians, stop using our childrens' future as a political football. But theniIsn't that the way with just about all things in this country - both at local and national level - held back by political point scoring? Gillies, Ayre, Alexander, and all of you lot on here with your letters, take note!