Just to let you know what the results are in the rest of the world about "cooking" the books as in teaching for the tests examine such practice at Enron: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/12/business/12ENER.html?todaysheadlines
Moral blinders anyone? Ray Evans Harrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "mcandreb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Keith Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 6:46 AM Subject: Re: Crumble and despair in our education policy > 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] > > ______________________________________________________________________ > __
