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The mantra “Education, education, education” is burnt onto the minds of many of those who followed the news in the run-up to the 1997 election campaign – it was Tony Blair’s main priority, to bolster the educational standards of the children and schools within the country – an admirable aspiration it must be said. 14 years on and Mr Cameron and Mr Gove seem to have the same aspirations but vary slightly in application. Mr Blair brought in tuition fees for Universities, GCSE results improved and Sure Start was launched. Mr Cameron is using these as a foundation and rightly so, but focusing not just on grades but on ‘worthy’ grades, it could even be said that the new mantra is “Employability, employability, employability!”. Click here to keep reading
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Reforming the Education Mantra
Jul 25
Posted by Natalie Elizabeth Cox
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The mantra “Education, education, education” is burnt onto the minds of many of those who followed the news in the run-up to the 1997 election campaign – it was Tony Blair’s main priority, to bolster the educational standards of the children and schools within the country – an admirable aspiration it must be said. 14 years on and Mr Cameron and Mr Gove seem to have the same aspirations but vary slightly in application. Mr Blair brought in tuition fees for Universities, GCSE results improved and Sure Start was launched. Mr Cameron is using these as a foundation and rightly so, but focusing not just on grades but on ‘worthy’ grades, it could even be said that the new mantra is “Employability, employability, employability!”. Click here to keep reading
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Tags: Blair, Cameron, coalition, conservative party, EBacc, education, Gove, labour party, reform, tuition fees