Listening to Sean (Robin Williams) speak to Will Hunting (Matt Damon) at Boston Common at the beginning of the film Good Will Hunting, it struck us that Sean’s words of wisdom could well have been aimed at teaching to the test, narrowing of the curriculum, rote-learning and education-as-product rather than education-as-experience. Sean and Will sit […]
Renowned historian of education, educational policy analyst, and research professor Diane Ravitch today summarises nicely how education ‘reform’ “now in full operation in states across the nation” works in the US. First, set an impossible goal, say, 100% proficiency for all students. Second, say that there can be “no excuses,” no reference to social conditions […]
J.L.Talmon’s ‘The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy’ (Secker & Warburg, 1952) celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Talmon became a Professor of History but not before doing his PhD at the London School of Economics (LSE) in the UK, and, interestingly for UK readers of our blog, among other people in the Preface to this book […]
The Royal Academy of Engineering report, Jobs and Growth: the Importance of Engineering Skills to the UK Economy, published today, calculates that the UK needs an annual minimum of 100,000 graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) just to maintain the status quo in UK industry. According to the THE, the report says more […]
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