Saturday, January 21, 2006

Not that we needed them, but...

Here are yet more reasons for those of us who think of ourselves as socialists to oppose academies. The thrust of this site is about the privatisation of education, with faith and other business organisations having an effect on what children are taught. However, there are other issues, like selection, and that of the treatment of teachers, as highlighted below...

Essentially, a hude ideological experiment with our children is being undertaken with the support of faith groups and businesses. Setting up secular academies may be the only way to fight certain forms of fire, if the government is determined to press ahead.

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