EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION!

After working in a school recently taken over with special measures, it is easy to understand why children do not have the motivation to do well. It is not simply a discipline issue. Teachers seldom have the time to encourage lower achieving pupils to develop in the subjects they excel at or enjoy. This is not a problem on the teaching staff’s part. A shortage and high turnover in staff mean that many teachers are under strain. It is hard to comprehend how the Education White paper will improve the situation. Instead, leaving the schools in poorer areas to suffer with little funding, while richer parents subsidise education is better-off areas will intensify the situation.

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