British Schools Face Deep Cuts Due to Overspending by Academies

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1. Marge Borchert says:

   December 2, 2012 at 9:32 am

   Hmmmm and Pearson Publishing is a British owned company. Is this the equivalent of BP helping the people in Louisiana. Oh ; wait; wait– BP gets what 5 years to pay their fine–for the damage that was done in Louisiana. What will Pearson have to pay in the future for the emotional damage that was done to children with all the ridiculous invalid testing; and the damages done to teachers who have lost their livelihood due to evaluations based on student test scores??!!

   More sludge.

   Marge

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2. Sandy says:

   December 2, 2012 at 12:30 pm

   Excuse me? Aren’t you talking about the United States?

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3. thegreatnorthernlibrarian says:

   December 2, 2012 at 2:38 pm

   As an American living in the UK, I have noticed some worrying trends towards the privatization of education, and politicians on both sides of the pond seem to be stealing from one another’s playbooks. In fact, the UK even has its own TFA-style program called Teach First (although to its credit, this program sees a higher proportion of its participants make a career out of teaching). Whilst differences in education systems make straightforward comparisons difficult, ideologically driven reforms threaten schools, students, and teachers in both the US and the UK, so I thank you for drawing attention to this issue.

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4. George Buzzetti says:

   December 2, 2012 at 9:06 pm

   Wonderful program isn’t it. Same players as here. Same game. What else do you expect from the neo-liberal foolishness going on now. How did the word liberal get into that phrase considering what it means anyway? This is a world wide push and must be beaten back as “Real Public Education” is what is needed and has worked when properly done for all equally. Their agenda is the slave class and the elite class.

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5. Ken Hirsh says:

   December 3, 2012 at 7:52 am

   Sounds like the UK government isn’t backing down (fascinating article by the way):

   ‘The DfE mounted a robust defence of the extra spending. “We make no apology for the fact that more schools than even we had imagined have opted to convert [to academies], and no apology for spending money on a programme that is proven to drive up standards and make long-term school improvements,” said a spokesman.

   “We want as many schools as possible to take advantage of the significant benefits that academy status brings – because it means more and more schools run by great heads and teachers, not local authority or Whitehall bureaucrats, and more and more children getting a first-class education.”

   He added that the cost of converting a school had fallen by 53 per cent in two years and would be cut further.’

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