By Jeremy Corbyn
class III – a report of my speech to teachers.
Jeremy Corbyn has pledged that Labour would scrap
formal tests in primary schools in England, known as Sats.
The tests leftchildren in floods of tears or vomiting with worry, he told
members of the National Education Union in Liverpool to loud whoops and cheers.
He said it would free up schools struggling with funding cuts and congested classrooms, and help teacher recruitment and retention.
The move means school league tables based on the tests would be ended too.
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He said it would free up schools struggling with funding cuts and congested classrooms, and help teacher recruitment and retention.
The move means school league tables based on the tests would be ended too.
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Do try to avoid lying Corbyn! The tests left teachers in floods of tears or vomiting with worry would be more accurate as we both know.
See me afterwards.
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Step 1. Get an office junior or intern to google the no. 1 demand of each major union and professional association
Step 2. Get Seamus Milne to see whether meeting that demand would be compatible with what they do in Venezuela
Step 3. Make them into a big list
Step 4. Brainstorm a catchy slogan that can be used to top and tail the big list.
Step 5. Add some pictures (the Jezza ones in the new black suit, not the old gardening jacket)
Step 6. Get it printed up nicely on glossy paper.
Step 7. Now release your manifesto.
I'm inclined to agree with you. Last year, the non-striking ATL merged with the NUT to produce a super-union, despite the reservations of those of us who joined the ATL precisely because it wasn't the NUT> and voted against the change.
I have now received an email from the union:
Government policies for assessment in primary schools don’t benefit pupils – they are educationally flawed, narrow the curriculum and cause stress and unhappiness in children and teachers.[my bold]
(The email then asks me to share Corbyn's speech and to announce my support via twitter, facebook and instagram, which perhaps gives a clue as to the sort of teachers who will be backing this in a high-profile fashion; I'm reminded of JuliaM's eminently sensible assertion that teachers and facebook are like matter and anti-matter and should be kept firmly apart.)
Sam - yes that's how it probably goes. I think Seumus Milne is an extraterrestrial.
Macheath - don't they just love the word "flawed"? As if some things are not flawed. We know we are dealing with political weasels when they use the word.
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