Posted by Editors Andreas Schleicher, Doug Lemov, EdReform, EduBusiness, Education Endowment Foundation, In The News, Management Consultants, Managerialism, Michael Barber, Policy, Research, Schools, Social Enterprise, Standards, Technology, Testing, Working Conditions Sunday, November 20th, 2016
In most cases (particularly when the work to be done is intricate in its nature) the “development of the science” is the most important of the four great elements of the new management. There are instances, however, in which the “scientific selection of the workman” counts for more than anything else. A case of this […]
Posted by Editors Andreas Schleicher, Common Core, Daniel Willingham, EdReform, In The News, Michael Barber, Schools, Standards, Teach First, Teacher Bashing, Testing, Tories, Unions Monday, February 3rd, 2014
The Snob, n. – A person who admires and seeks to imitate, or associate with, those of higher social status or greater wealth; one who wishes to be regarded as a person of social importance. – A person who despises those whom he or she considers to be inferior in rank, attainment, or taste. First […]
Posted by Editors Andreas Schleicher, Common Core, Daniel Willingham, In The News, Media Watch, Michael Barber, Research, Tories Sunday, March 3rd, 2013
“Our curriculum is based on years of analysis of the world’s most successful school systems, from east Asia to Massachusetts, and is backed by leading academics such as scientist Daniel Willingham” (Elizabeth Truss MP, Conservative Minister for education) “Antidote to Twitter idiocy: The science behind Gove approach on curriculum: http://www.danielwillingham.com/1/post/2013/02/the-science-in-goves-speech.html” (Tory education news @toryeducation) “I […]
Posted by Editors In The News, Labour, McKinsey & Co., Michael Barber, Tories Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
The word on the grapevine and now at least one UK daily is that McKinsey’s Mr. Targets himself, Sir Michael Barber, was all set to return as chief of the Department for Education. We’re not the only ones dismayed by this news as so were senior civil servants apparently. While other notables such as Chris […]
Posted by Editors In The News, McKinsey & Co., Michael Barber, Teach First, Tories Wednesday, March 16th, 2011
The news that three senior McKinsey & Co consultants are in the dock for the US’s most serious insider trading scandal in generations makes us wonder if this consultancy firm is really the right one to lead UK education policy. Prosecutors allege that a billionaire hedge fund founder, Raj Rajaratnam, was given tips about McKinsey […]
Posted by Editors Academies, ARK, In The News, McKinsey & Co., Michael Barber, Ofsted, Tories Monday, February 28th, 2011
Private Eye report that Sally Morgan, new Ofsted honcho, and adviser to school privatisation champions, ARK, will work only 2 days but be paid £45K pa. Aside from the fact that no-one is worth that much for a couple of days work, it also means that the head of the schools inspection body gets to […]
Posted by Editors Free Schools, In The News, McKinsey & Co., Michael Barber, NUT, Research, Teach First, Tories, Working Conditions Saturday, February 26th, 2011
This was going to be a post about the Tory White Paper. We took a look at it but what really caught our eye was how many times Sir Michael Barber got a mention. In fact, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Barber was Education Secretary given the amount of space devoted to his work […]
