The consumerisation of education
Source: Guadian.co.uk Posted By: Scuplin K...5407 days ago
Harrow council's unsuccessful attempt to have Mrinal Patel prosecuted for fraud owing to her alleged dishonesty in applying for a school place for her child (Report, 4 July) is merely the logical conclusion of the education reforms foisted upon us by both the Conservatives and New Labour over the past 20 or so years.
School inspection regimes, league tables, foundation schools and now city academies have served to pit child against child, parent against parent, school against school and now, sadly,....