Monthly Archives: February 2007

True purpose of a higher leaving age

February 23, 2007 – 10:00 pm

Martin Allen   and  Patrick Ainley  
 
Letter   TES   09/02/07 
 
 
 Government plans to raise the school leaving age to 18 in 2013 have been largely welcomed by educators but the response of many young people has not been positive.  It echoes that of many working-class school children and their families when the school leaving age was raised from 15 [...]

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A-levels: not as golden as they used to be

February 9, 2007 – 5:12 pm

Martin Allen  
 Socialist  Education  Journal  No.2  Oct  06
 
 
 August brings the annual hue and cry about A-levels being too easy, with this year proving to be no exception. The London Evening Standard front paged with ‘A-grades for one in four A-levels’ while The Guardian provided a picture of  a 12 year old computer games fan, celebrating his A [...]

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