between the London Controllers of Everything, and local councils.
I can't tell whether a local council is the right body to decide school
policy, but the UK government butting in to close schools
and open new academies is wrong for all the well-known reasons
that nobody seems to be discussing.
1 they equate troubled schools with old buildings and local council control
2 they open new academies which can teach whatever they want to kids,
which is simply irresponsible. That's more so because many of the academy
owners are buddies of the political classes
3 the academy owners are given way too much public money to build a
school which is not needed, and then they charge the government rent
and upkeep.
4 staff are fired at a whim and replaced with people on lower wages.
5 they're probably at the leading edge of allowing untrained classroom
assistants to teach classes.
6 the latest Toff in the hotseat is Michael Gove. Try to remember that
name in 5 years' time.
7 Academies are now the thin edge of the wedge, since Free schools are
also being readied for approval.
If this stuff is new to you, you may be thinking
"WTF is the UK government doing?"
Perhaps the answer is "social engineering", designed to keep the poor
poor and stupid and their buddies rich and lazy.
IshitUnot:
soon
a Guardian story which will show that the shiny new academies
are doing worse, on average, than normal schools.
