There is something deeply disquieting when someone who has enjoyed the very best of British education trumpets the benefits of dumbing down.
But it shifts into the realms of the disturbing when that same individual has the final say on what is taught in our schools.
In her infinite wisdom, Education Secretary Lucy Powell wants to overhaul the curriculum by putting speaking skills on a par with reading and writing. Other proposals involve more ‘practical’ assessment and sending fewer children home for bad behaviour.
The happy-clappy soundbites trotted out by Ms Powell yesterday included ‘inclusion not exclusion’, while she also vowed to ‘widen
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