Hi Keith, "Crumble and despair" has been creeping into public education in many countries. But don't despair, simply look west young man and see what the paragon of wisdom, truth, virtue and free trade is doing. America the beautiful has private corporations like Edison running more and more school systems. They will cut all the fat, contract out all secretaries, caretakers(minimum wage of course) bust all evil teacher unions, use MBA managers rather than principals (head teachers)and tax payers will be happy. Scores on standardized tests(developed by other private corporations) will go up as teaching to the test will become the official curriculum. Margaret Thatcher will have accomplished her dream that she set into motion when she was Minister of Education and the entire world will be ever so more efficient.
Take care, Brian > Charles Clarke, the present Minister for Education, is seriously > proposing > that head-teachers should have the power to fine parents whose > children are > skipping school. > > The proposal has only just been released this morning. It will, of > course, > die a death almost immediately because it's more than a step towards > the > sort of totalitarianism of Communist USSR or Nazi Germany but, > nevertheless, it's yet another indication of the depth of despair that > politicians in the present Labour government have about the > fast-crumbling > state education system in England. > > Keith Hudson > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > ------------ > > Keith Hudson, General Editor, Handlo Music, http://www.handlo.com > 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath BA1 5HX, England > Tel: +44 1225 312622; Fax: +44 1225 447727; mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ __
