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5 reasons to keep National Curriculum Levels (and for me to keep climbing) -
By Loic Menzies - LKMCo Director The government is due to abolish levels. Apparently this is a good thing because levels are meaningless and have a damaging effect on schools and pupils. I disagree. Not with the claim that they often have a damaging effect on schools- I'm sure even the best idea in education could  be badly implemented. I disagree because levels are...
Academies Commission: Education Select Committe -
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Questions for the Gove who cried Summer Holidays -
Written by Policy Development Partner, Laura McInerney I am convinced that somewhere in Westminster lies a pamphlet entitled: “What to shout about when you want to cause a diversion among public servants”. It reads like this: Police: Pensions and over-time Doctors: Egregiously high salaries and GP hours Firefighters: Time spent asleep and in the gym Teachers: Summer holidays...
Schools don’t lack the will. They lack the way: Incentivising excellence through market reform is a bad choice. -
By Loic Menzies - LKMco Director At the launch of his book, Incentivising Excellence: School choice and education quality, Gabriel Sahlgren made a number of proposals, the most widely reported related to school vouchers. Whilst at LKMco we generally pride ourselves on being constructive, I’m pretty sure you could work out what I think on many issues by taking whatever was...

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