The Emperor's New Clothes


More than anything else, it's a country's educational system what should ensure equal opportunities for all citizens, regardless of whether they are born in Chelsea or in Blackpool. The human mind is a marvel of nature and it works the same for everyone. But the British education system does exactly the opposite. By means of a huge deception it perpetuates class differences and the lack of equal opportunities for everyone. Add deep rooted corruption into the mix and things get as bad as they actually are in the UK. But nobody does anything about it. No one dares to say that the emperor is naked.

According to some it may still take a few decades for the situation to touch bottom. In the meantime whole generations will find themselves let down by the education system, and their futures jeopardized for ever.

This blog will show you how British state education is flawed and corrupt. Beware: the evidence is brutal. Stop reading if you don't want to change your high opinion of the UK's educational system.

If you are new to this site I recommend reading first the 4 unnumbered and/or the numbered entries in their chronological order using the TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Thursday 5 July 2018

There are even more reasons why the British education system is wrong

Tim Oates on why levels (and therefore targets) are inappropriate even for what they created for, how the UK is falling behind because it is the only nation using levels, and why they should be dropped as part of the changes national curriculum (but aren't):

Note that he mentions equity as one of the aspects where the level system and its assessment strategy is wrong.

If you have time and interest in this profoundly important issue you can watch this longer video and check out the links below.


http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/insights/national-curriculum-tim-oates-on-assessment-insights/ 

And here is his policy paper on why textbooks (currently banned from schools as they are considered not to allow for "adaptation to learners", read discrimination and segregation) are important:

http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/Images/181744-why-textbooks-count-tim-oates.pdf



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