Politics 'corrupting' curriculum

mkpdavies · 11-06-2007, 08:26 PM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6740527.stm

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The school curriculum is being "hi-jacked" by political agendas, claims a think-tank.
Science lessons are becoming debates about global warming and GM crops, rather than objective science, says the Civitas report.

In English, pupils can miss out on classic writers and are steered to more "relevant" modern writers.

The government rejected the report as a "profound misunderstanding" of the school curriculum.

Civitas on the money.

tito · 11-06-2007, 08:35 PM

As a student of a state secondary school, I can confirm this.

g hall · 11-06-2007, 09:16 PM

It's not politics corrupting the curriculum just certain politicians

11-06-2007, 09:16 PM	#3 (permalink)
g hall Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: erehwon Posts: 5,233	It's not politics corrupting the curriculum just certain politicians __________________ "That government is best which governs least." "This is a sharp Medicine, but it is a Physician for all diseases and miseries". "To be "matter of fact" about the world is to blunder into fantasy --and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful."

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11-06-2007, 08:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
tito Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Pembrokeshire Posts: 3,035	As a student of a state secondary school, I can confirm this.