He is also a Trustee of Teach First, the charity which recruits graduates to teach in state schools, a Trustee of the vocational
education charity Edge, and a Governor of the Baker - Dearing Trust, which supports the establishment of University Technical Colleges, technical schools for 14 - to 18 - year - olds.
Baker, chairman of the
Edge Foundation
education charity, criticised the government's ambition for 90 % of young people to take the English baccalaureate, a performance measure that encourages schools to enter students to traditional, academic subjects.