With the new Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, being a fan of failed progressive teaching techniques, I was fearful about what else she was going to introduce. Some years ago, there was a trendy train of thought in progressive education circles which argued against school uniforms. Spurious arguments were put forward to encourage schools to abandon…
Here we go again. A new government has vowed to shake up what is taught in schools. A feminist professor, Becky Francis, has been appointed to ‘breathe new life’ into an ‘outdated’ curriculum and a new education secretary wants to stamp her mark on the system. It is worth noting here that England has been…
Having seen its once-lauded educational standards eroded by progressive teaching methods, Scotland could soon see them fall even further. A resolution to be made at the SNP’s party conference will call on the government to delay children starting at ‘big school’ until they are six. It wants instead to add another year of statutory play-based…