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Lucy Powell is wrong to call the curriculum a ‘straitjacket’
['Amanda Spielman', 'Joanna Williams', 'Rafael Bardaji', 'David Goodhart', "Brendan O'Neill", 'Andy Pearce', 'Michael Gove', 'Roger Pescott', 'Philip Patrick', 'Lachlan Hunter']
The Spectator Australia
And we’re off – Lucy Powell has followed up on Andy Burnham’s speech about providing high-quality technical education routes that are valued and respected by students, parents and employers.
As Daisy Christodoulou points out, Wales has an almost antithetical curriculum but higher NEETs, with numbers growing faster.
It looks as though what we are likely to get is more curriculum tinkeringShe thinks the curriculum leaves many children disengaged.
The Education Secretary describes the curriculum as a ‘straitjacket’ and as a ‘one-size-fits-all’ model.
But Lucy Powell has her eyes set on almost every minister’s favourite trainset: the curriculum and qualifications.