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At last the government is being told to teach people how to speak effectively. Without that skill, the integrity of civic society is undermined by a noisy minority.
In his report published today, Sir Jim Rose has called for a stronger focus on “formal language, including standard spoken English in the primary curriculum”. This is to [...]

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Whatever our view of the result, both in the build-up to this month’s Budget and in the initial reactions, it seems to me that two themes (expressed pretty unanimously across both the centre-left and the centre-right) are dominant.
Frst, that public spending will need to be reigned in at some point in the not too distant [...]

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Citizenship education programmes have to provide young people with both the knowledge required for effective citizenship – how our legal, political, social and economic system works and how individuals and communities can impact upon this system – and real experience of doing citizenship.
The ‘citizenship-rich’ school welcomes student and community involvement, and is innovative and inclusive [...]

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Much has been made of late about the standard of Citizenship teaching. One particularly critical, teacher written piece in last week’s education supplement in the Independent has drawn letters of response in this week’s supplement from myself, Chris Waller, the Professional Officer at the Association for Citizenship Teaching and Sir Bernard Crick, no less.
Nobody should [...]

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So, I’ve finally joined the ‘blogosphere’ and I’m starting the lazy way. I’ve pasted below a piece, a summary of which will appear in this week’s Times Educational Supplement. Read until you doze or drop and then give it back with both barrels!

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