March 29, 2005

WHO DO THOSE PARENTS THINK THEY ARE?:


Kelly 'obsessed' with parent power (Staff and agencies, March 29, 2005, Guardian Unlimited)

The leader of Britain's largest teachers' union today criticised the education secretary's "obsession" with giving parents more power over their children's education.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 29, 2005 2:30 PM
Comments

Kulaks!

Posted by: Luciferous at March 29, 2005 2:37 PM

And since most parents who'd care wouldn't vote for his party anyway, it's a win/win for him.

Posted by: oswald booth czolgosz at March 29, 2005 3:04 PM

Actually, there are a lot of rich Labour (and Democratic, in the US) voters who would never think of sending their kids to private school, especially not a religious one, but think nothing of spending lots of money to buy homes in expensive areas with good schools. To be honest, I've never really seen much of a moral difference between the two things.

Posted by: John Thacker at March 29, 2005 4:07 PM

I've always found it telling that so many public school teachers and administrators in places like D.C. and Chicago make a point of sending their kids to private school. What do they know that we're not supposed to?

Posted by: Mike Morley at March 29, 2005 4:22 PM

Mike Morley:

They know their own bottom line allows them to avoid sending their kids to the ratholes they frequently preside over.

Posted by: Matt Murphy at March 29, 2005 7:22 PM

'Twas a rhetorical question--I'm a decommissioned public school teacher, and fanatically committed to keeping my kids out of public schools.

Posted by: Mike Morley at March 29, 2005 9:06 PM
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