What do you think of Edge's Six Steps to Change Manifesto?

1. Give young students experience of life skills and careers.
2. Replace all SATs with individual student profiles.
3. At 14 let students choose a pathway which matches their aspirations.
4. Ensure all vocational courses are taught in excellent facilities by teachers with relevant real world experience.
5. At 16 students can specialise further or change pathways.
6. Vocational degrees endorsed by employers.

• It's not the learners who choose 0 Replies

  Posted by: Jacqui Udy | 11.02.2009 05:12pm

  For too long A levels have been not only the gold standard but also the only standard that has been around long enough for an entire generation to understand them and their relative value.

  It's time to de-politicise education and restore its cultural vocabulary. Drop the vocational, bring back professional; bring back polytechnics; drop the skills agenda which is totally non aspirational and give young people pride in being able to do things that academics have to pay for! bring back skilled craftsmen and women and professional pride.

  The things that give us most pleasure and fulfilment in life tend to be things that we do and things that we make - not the essays that we write.

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