I was recently surveying the latest rubrics in The Times’ appointments section and noted two public schools seeking what are effectively business development directors for their schools’ international expansion. I guess I hadn’t realised that what had started as a trickle of ad hoc satellite schools in Thailand and China was quickly becoming a deluge [...]
Entries from May 2009
3 May 2009
The primary curriculum report: Sir Jim Rose has goofed this time
In January, I reported my views on Sir Jim Rose’s interim report on the primary curriculum in The 3Rs…or chocolate? The Rose Report says you can have your cake and eat it too! I defended Sir Jim then, particularly against accusations that he was planning to get rid of subjects in favour of silly themes [...]
2 May 2009
Coming to a school near you…ContactPoint, the national kiddie database
This week’s backpedalling by the government on the communications superdatabase came as a relief. But Snowdon won’t be celebrating. Information on every phone call, email and website visit will still be stored — just separately, rather than together (as the superdatabase would have done.) Moreover, the national ID card database is still moving forward and, [...]
