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enterprisegran Thu 18-Apr-13 21:17:00

With a long career in education and now with two grandchildren to love and worry about, I feel passionately that we all need a say in what is happening to education at the moment. I was inspired to see Debra Kidd talk on Channel 4 about the current proposed changes which will impact on our little ones and their teachers. She has written about it here:
http://debrakidd.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/calling-all-parents/
I hope that some of you will feel strongly enough to add your names to the petition. Don't worry about the box asking for your education title. Just put 'Grandparent' in there.
We all need to be heard so that our children have the chance to be creative, happy and confident.

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j08 Fri 10-May-13 14:09:04

I think that way of teaching could appeal to kids. At that age they're not always adverse to a bit of regressing.

Love the idea of the older ones working with the littlies.

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JessM Fri 10-May-13 15:14:14

Funny isn't it how History is the subject that is the most popular as a political football. hmm
Gove seems to major into undermining teachers and harking back to some mythical golden age of education. (the one when most teenagers went to very poor secondary modern schools and left at 14, or 15) Many of them illiterate and unable to do basic maths.
He has neither done nor said a single sensible thing in the last 3 years in my opinion.

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Eloethan Fri 10-May-13 23:48:15

He's an absolute disaster.

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