Inequality in Britain is so entrenched that "rich, thick kids" achieve more than their "poor, clever" peers even before they start school, the education secretary said today.Michael Gove told MPs on the cross-party Commons education committee that a "yawning gap" had formed between the attainment of poor children and their richer peers.Gove has come under criticism for using parliamentary procedures usually reserved for national emergencies to rush through his academies bill.
Inequality in Britain is so entrenched that "rich, thick kids" achieve more than their "poor, clever" peers even before they start school, the education secretary said today.
Michael Gove told MPs on the cross-party Commons education committee that a "yawning gap" had formed between the attainment of poor children and their richer peers.
Gove has come under criticism for using parliamentary procedures usually reserved for national emergencies to rush through his academies bill.
'Rich, thick kids' achieve much more than poor clever ones,...
"achieve much more" ... i.e. accumulate even more wealth.
This is news? What do they do of VALUE?! In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
I remember an employee, Ralph, whom I supervised at the Quaker Oats Company, in poemless' neighborhood, back in the early '80s. I had announced I was leaving in 6 weeks to move back to CA. Ralph was shaking my hand, looked me right in the eye, and said "Good, ... you were too damn good for this place." His words stay with me to this day. In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
Frank Delaney ~ Ireland
The academies legislation will allow parents, teachers and charities to set up their own Swedish-style "free schools".
Gove revealed that Richard Dawkins, an academic and prominent atheist, is interested in setting up an atheist free school. Critics of faith schools have warned that religious fanatics could try to take advantage of the new law and create schools that teach their beliefs. Dawkins has described faith schools as a form of child abuse.Gove told MPs that he encouraged atheists to start their own schools.
Gove told MPs that he encouraged atheists to start their own schools.
