Kevin Courtney, the union's joint general secretary, accused the government of pursuing «a reckless and evidence - free
policy of academisation of schools» at the NUT section's conference in Brighton on March 31.
Not exact matches
A new report from the Education
Policy Institute (EPI) and the London School
of Economics (LSE) has advised that
academisation «is not a panacea» and «does not automatically raise standards».
«Now that there has been a change to the
policy objective
of forced
academisation, the sugary drinks levy would command far greater public support if every penny
of it was hypothecated to public health measures to support children.»
The
Academisation policy has become like some sort
of pseudo religious Aztec sun worship cult.
This begs the obvious questions
of whether the national
policy commitment to structural change is likely to bring about a transformation in outcomes and whether any improvements that may follow are worth the expense, effort and (in the case
of forced
academisation) the turmoil that are entailed.
Raised in a family
of teachers and talking often
of her three school - aged children Powell took to the role well, winning plaudits for her boisterous opposition to government
policies, including forced
academisation and teacher shortages.
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