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General Secretary’s Address to Annual Conference
John Dunford
It was difficult to know how to pitch my speech to annual conference this year. Should I pass judgement on the government’s stewardship of education since 1997? Or analyse each party’s proposals in the run-up to the general election? Or just re-tell the jokes in my last 12 conference speeches?
Early years and primary education ahead
Tony Eaude
We hope that reports such as that of the House of Commons Select Committee, the Rose Report and the Cambridge Primary Review will be the basis of detailed and thoughtful discussion in the teaching profession, among parents and within political discourse. They are too important to be ignored.
An Enterprising New Year?
Carole Whitty
What an interesting year 2010 promises to be. Just watch out for those shiny politicians who will rediscover their local schools, armed with shovelfuls of smiles and promises.
What impoverishes young people's aspirations?
Tony Ashmore
A recent study, commissioned by DCSF and led by Professor Ken Roberts of Liverpool University suggests that at the beginning of secondary school (Year 7) aspirations are high, particularly amongst children from lower socio-economic class neighbourhoods.
Race and education
Nicholas Tate
It is only in the UK that I am ever asked to fill in questionnaires that, ridiculously, make me identify myself by my skin colour (not that I usually bother to answer). At no point in my life has it ever entered my head that this might be part of my identity: nationality, yes; culture, yes, but never 'race' or skin colour.
Accountability in an era of muddle.
Susan Robinson
That unintended consequences occur as a result of the implementation of government educational policy is well documented. As the headteacher of a school with extended provision I am concerned that the unintended consequences of the children's agenda are making accountability muddled.
