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139940007X
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9781399400077
Date of Publication
2023-09-14
Release Title
A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Ed...
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Hitchens, Peter
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-10
139940007X
ISBN-13
9781399400077
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Revolution Betrayed : How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System
Publication Year
2023
Subject
Educational Policy & Reform / General, Comparative Politics, History, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
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Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Education
Author
Peter Hitchens
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Uk-Trade Paper

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5.6 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
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5 in

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" Fascinating. " -- The New Statesman " ...Hitchens provides an accessible and helpful overview of educational history in the UK. " -- The Tablet "At its heart, though, A Revolution Betrayed is a history book with attitude... and has much to offer about an undeniably fascinating and significant episode. " -- The Spectator
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
370.1
Table Of Content
1 The Nature and History of the Dispute 2 A Chronology of Grammar School Education 3 The Case against Grammar Schools 4 The Case for Grammar Schools 5 The Secondary Moderns 6 From O Level to No Level 7 The Left Dissents from Itself, But Only a Little 8 No Going Back Appendix I: A Grammar School 'Who's Who' Appendix II: Schools Mentioned That Are Still Grammar Schools Appendix III: Former Grammar Schools and Their Later Fates Notes Index
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There are few subjects these days that cause parents more stress than their children's education. In his new book, Peter Hitchens describes the misjudgements made by politicians over the years that have led to the increase of class distinction and privilege in our education system. This is of course the opposite of what was intended, especially by former Minister of Education Shirley Williams and Margaret Thatcher, her successor in that role, who closed down many more Grammar Schools than Williams. Given that the cost of private secondary education is now in the region of £50,000 a year and the best comprehensive schools are now oversubscribed, parents are spending thousands on private tutoring and fee-paying prep schools in order to get their children into these academically excellent schools. Meanwhile hypocritical Labour politicians like Diane Abbott send their children to expensive private day schools. Hitchens argues that in trying to bring about an educational system which is egalitarian, the politicians have in fact created the exact opposite. And what's more, it is a system riddled with anomalies - Sixth Form Colleges select pupils on ability at the age of 15, which rules out any child who does not have major educational backing from home and academies also are selective, though they pretend not to be. This is an in-depth look at the British education system and what will happen if things don't change radically., For two brief decades between 1944 and 1965, Britain attempted a revolution in education that might, given longer, have utterly transformed the country. The best secondary schools were opened for the first time to those who showed academic talent, regardless of their parents' wealth. But the experiment had many enemies: egalitarians, Utopians, people who just thought that examinations were a harsh means of selection, combined against it. So did politicians, who disliked the expense of a selective system and so came to welcome any excuse to strangle it. Peter Hitchens argues that in trying to bring about an egalitarian educational system, politicians have created a system that is the exact opposite. An in-depth look at the British education system and what will happen if things don't change radically., Peter Hitchens looks at the involvement of politics in contemporary British education and points out the fundamental errors that have resulted in anxiety for parents all over the country.
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