tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61710412011-04-21T20:53:26.256+01:00Bring back selective schooling in the UK without hurting anyoneNormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11198709728626838305noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6171041.post-1070648862896532012003-12-05T18:27:00.000Z2003-12-05T18:27:53.780ZEvery year parents of year 6 primary children in London spend extraordinary amounts of energy time and money attempting to find a school place for their child other than at the local school for which they would normally be bound. <br /> <br />At the same time they defend the basic concept of comprehensive education citing paricular circumstances for their own rejection of the local option. <br /> <br />Is this just an extraordinary co-incidence, or is it the emperor's clothes syndrome writ large, where it is not just the emperor who is naked, but the cheering throng as well? Daily there is evidence from numerous sources that something is seriosly wrong with the nation's education system. But few dare speak out, for fear of... what?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6171041-107064886289653201?l=selectiveschools.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Normanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11198709728626838305noreply@blogger.com