- There are many academic roads, but all must be rigorous and lead to higher education.
- Educational investment must start early.
- Learning must take as much time as it takes.
- Great teachers must have great support.
- Data and research must inform teaching and improve learning every day.
- Funding must be predictable and sufficient to produce world-class performance.
- Services for students with special needs must emphasize outcomes, not processes.
- Global citizenship must be a core academic subject.
Chris
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Dear Mr Edwards
I don't see a blog reference to your broadcast of Wednesday so will place my comment to it here. I am an admin assistant at City Of Leeds School. I daily see teaching and support staff busting a gut to get the most out of children whose situation has often not made them amenable to education; whose parents are prosecuted for their children's truancy without their being able to do a thing about it; and whose classes contain a large proportion of children damaged by war and dislocation and who speak barely a word of English, and whose uncertain citizenship ensures that they are often absent.
As my ultimate line manager, I was expecting something more in the way of support and encouragement than the hand-wringing, finger-wagging quotation of out-of-date attendance percentages.
I am sure you have your reasons for the rather insulting interview you gave. Perhaps you could explain them to the parents whose children will be attending City Of Leeds or Primrose High School in September.
I write of course as a private individual, not as an official spokesperson of the schools.
Diane Baker
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