10 Jul 2012
The RSA and Teach First present a series of Education Matters Debates. In the second of three debates, Stephen Twigg MP, Jo Shuter and Professor Anna Vignoles discuss how we can ensure equality of opportunity for children from low socio-economic backgrounds.

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  • Charles Belekis - 14 Sep 2012 8:25pm

    Not a particularly edifying conversation...more of the usual management by exhortation, teacher you must save us by doing more, being more, working more etc., by those who do not teach but who run schools and "manage" teachers…also, more of the usual profound lack of respect for learners. Here is a starting point for a better conversation: The curriculum must be undertaken voluntarily by the learner. Start there and see where it leads you.