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Labourlist (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Gordon and Sarah Brown were in Glasgow yesterday, campaigning for Willie Bain ahead of Thursday's by-election in the constituency of Glasgow North East. The PM said: "When people on the doorsteps tell Willie that they feel let down by the SNP, he is right to say it is only Labour who will represent their priorities of fairness and responsibility...His energy and...
Ambush Predator (Free subscription) | yesterday
Following on from the problems in Orpington last week , it seems even the government is losing patience with further education: The government has banned the largest sponsor of academies from taking on new schools until it dramatically improve the ones it already runs , the Guardian has learned. A welcome change to the usual tactic of shovelling even more money into the coffers regardless… The...
Christian Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Catholic Education Service for England and Wales says it is disappointed with the announcement from Schools Secretary Ed Balls that sex education is to be made compulsory for all pupils
Paul Owen (Free subscription) | yesterday
Earlier this week, Ed Balls, the Education Secretary (that isn't what he calls himself but it is essentially what he is) announced that 15 year olds will have to have mandatory sex education. Cue howls of anguish from the likes of the Catholic Church and various Muslim groups who promised to fight the proposals. Now I am no fan of Mr Balls, as a very cursory inspection of this site will quickly reveal....
The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ed Balls' announcement on Thursday that personal finance lessons will become compulsory for kids from 2011 should raise a cheer in homes across the country. The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families said personal finance will be taught as part of the PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education) programme in secondary schools, currently optional. "All young people should learn...
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
By Justin Thacker, Guardian When is a right not a right? When it concerns the education of children. The respective (and entirely contradictory) decisions of the children’s secretary Ed Balls and the European Court of Human Rights this week would be laughable if they weren’t both so serious. In the first place, Ed Balls tells us that [...]
The hermeneutic of continuity (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
You can read the CESEW response to the Governments latest proposals on sex education in schools, and a clarification which states: We welcome the government’s reiteration of its support for the important principles underlining SRE, which emphasise that schools continue to have the legal right to determine the content of what is taught in PSHE within their schools and that governing bodies retain...
Stephen Mold's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Last night I went to hear Shadow Children’s Secretary, Michael Gove, set out the five priorities on school reform for a future Conservative Government. In a speech to the Centre for Policy Studies yesterday, Gove pledged that a Conservative government "will improve standards for all pupils and close the attainment gap between the richest and poorest". He outlined a five-point plan for...
Townhall.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
From the story: All 15-year-olds must receive at least one year of sex and relationship lessons, Ed Balls, the Schools Secretary, said yesterday. Those whose religious or moral values prevent them from attending will be...
The Christian Institute (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Parents will lose the right to withdraw their children from sex education lessons when they turn 15, the Children’s Secretary announced yesterday. Should 15-year-olds be forced to have sex education? Listen to The Christian Institute’s Mike Judge debate the issue on BBC News Faith schools will be forced to teach pupils about contraception and homosexuality despite their [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
My six-year-old daughter is educated by me, at home. Are we about to become the state's latest scapegoats? Today, I received a copy of a letter that my local MP sent to the education secretary, Ed Balls. This letter was prompted by my concerns about the Badman report , a review into home-education which was submitted in June and immediately accepted by Balls. The government may implement these recommendations...
Lightwater (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The press and the media criticise Conservatives for lack of policy detail, wrongly in my view, it’s persistent warped spin from Labour that’s uncritically accepted by the left-leaning media. When the Conservatives continue to announce and explain their policies in fine detail, the commentariat go missing. Such is the case with Michael Gove’s, Shadow Secretary of State for Children,...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
"Some faiths have a view about what in religious terms is right and wrong - what they can't do though is not teach the importance of tolerance." --U.K. Schools Secretary Ed Balls , on the government's decision to make gay-inclusive sex education compulsory for all schools
Les Bonner (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Liberal Democrat Shadow Schools Secretary, David Laws said when Commenting on Michael Gove’s speech on Tory education aims: “Tory education policy has more loose ends than a plate of spaghetti. “This speech highlights tensions between Michael Gove’s claim to be freeing up schools and the reality of the Tories’ obsession with continuing the policy of meddling [...]
Sigmund, Carl and Alfred (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Times: Sex education is to be made compulsory for all pupils, prompting fury from faith groups which said that the move would contravene the right for children to be educated in accordance with their parents’ beliefs. All 15-year-olds must receive at least one year of sex and relationship lessons, Ed Balls, the [...]
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