Plans to shake up the schools system could lead to increased segregation, the Department for Education’s own research warns.
Boosting school choice could lead to parents selecting schools for their “peer groups”, a study on the impact of its Schools White Paper says.
The warnings come in the department’s own economic assessment of the Schools White Paper, which was presented to Parliament by Education Secretary Michael Gove last week.
it warns of an “increase in stratification” and says “there is a risk that parents select schools based on peer groups, where schools compete to attract particular groups of people, where barriers to choice result in segregation”.
Clitheroe grammar teachers ‘set for pre-Christmas strike’ against Academy proposal
TEACHERS at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School are set to strike over plans for it to become an academy.
Three teachingunions – the NASUWT, the NUT and ATL – have held ballots for action after talks with school chiefs broke down.
Lancashire’s National Executive Member for the NASUWT John Girdley revealed ‘a very substantial mandate’ for industrial action has been reflected in its ballot after almost 94 per cent of teachers voted in favour of action.
And NUT members’ result will be revealed this week, but Simon Jones, Blackburn with Darwen division secretary and NUT national executive member, predicts more than 90 per cent will go in favour of a strike.
The new American film about Charter Schools is opening in Britain.
US education campaigner Diane Ravitch says
“The message of these films has become alarmingly familiar: American public education is a failed enterprise. The problem is not money. Public schools already spend too much. Test scores are low because there are so many bad teachers, whose jobs are protected by powerful unions. Students drop out because the schools fail them, but they could accomplish practically anything if they were saved from bad teachers.
They would get higher test scores if schools could fire more bad teachers and pay more to good ones. The only hope for the future of our society, especially for poor black and Hispanic children, is escape from public schools, especially to charter schools, which are mostly funded by the government but controlled by private organizations, many of them operating to make a profit.”
Anti Academies Alliance Financial Appeal
The Anti Academies Alliance has launched a Financial Appeal to help build the opposition to Academies and ‘Free’ Schools.
Read our Appeal, and download the leaflet, here
How can the Anti Academies Alliance help your school?
We continue to be approached by schools asking us to help them campaign against Academy proposals that are being pushed on them.
The Anti Academies Alliance is happy to work with head teachers, governors, parents and staff to develop a campaign to prevent your school becoming an Academy.
Please contact the office if you need help.
Anti Academies Alliance AGM
The Anti Academies Alliance AGM will be held on Saturday 15th January in Central London. More information to follow.
Anti Academies Newspaper
Over 60,000 newspapers have now been despatched around the country and are being distributed to parents, teachers, governors.
Please download the order form and post in your order herehttp://www.antiacademies.org.uk/Home/news/septemberantiacademiesnewspaper
Or email in your order and we will send you an invoice.
Anti Academies DVD
We have an excellent new 13 minute DVD outlining the case against Academies and ‘Free’ Schools.
It is perfect for union meetings / parent meetings / campaign meetings.
If you would like a copy they are £10 to union groups / £2 to parent and campaign groups. We can produce bulk orders at a reduced price. Send orders to the office and we will despatch them with an invoice.
