Friday, 28 February 2014

How did the British Communist Party of 1957 handle a revolt in its ranks?

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This is a bit of personal and political excavation. When I was 11, in 1957, our parents told me and my brother that they were leaving ...
Sunday, 9 February 2014

Analogy of the day: language is washing the dishes

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Here's my analogy of the day: we use language rather like we do the washing up. Washing up involves many different jobs, many different ...
Friday, 7 February 2014

Manifesto for arts education as a democratic practice

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(nb I've posted this before, but I've just been an Arts Award Conference in Newcastle, presented it, and informed people that I woul...
Thursday, 6 February 2014

WW1 - what a decent Secretary of State for Education would do

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Here's a challenge to Michael Gove and the Ministry of Education instead of trying to hit the headlines with abuse of supposedly 'le...
Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Reminder: Gove's mind (true)

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Transcript of Gove and the Education Select Committe (true) Chair: One is: if "good" requires pupil performance to exceed the na...
Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Phonics - a summary.

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There are many possible responses to the government's imposition of intensive, systematic, synthetic phonics teaching on English schools...
Wednesday, 15 January 2014

Don't mention the rich

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(This is a quick post I did on facebook) Did anyone see the discussion on Newsnight a couple of nights ago which talked about the role of...