tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post3628672470592150580..comments2024-03-24T11:22:15.548+00:00Comments on Lustig's Letter: Is Theresa May turning into Donald Trump?Robin Lustighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00578195216460807588noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-36190236034688251912017-03-14T14:41:14.780+00:002017-03-14T14:41:14.780+00:00Why, Robin, in this day and age are so-called &quo...Why, Robin, in this day and age are so-called "public" schools still allowed to be registered charities? In an age during which the current Tory government is getting away with selling off our real public schools to the private sector, under the hat of "academies", we now have the utter farce of tax-payer funded schools having to pay increased tax on money made from any solar panels they've had installed (partly to cut their costs to the public, partly to increase money for spending on their students' wider education), while the schools which educate the rich get away with paying nothing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-35229626458101887702017-03-11T09:46:53.788+00:002017-03-11T09:46:53.788+00:00There is underlying strategy to allocating £2.9 mi...There is underlying strategy to allocating £2.9 million for every new free school, but only £10,800 for every existing state school, if no sense (your question, asking 'what is the sense'). By grossly distorting available resources, this further distorts outcomes. New free schools should do relatively better, old state schools already hard-pressed and struggling, will do comparatively worse. These results then support shifting further support to the winners away from the losers; the policy becomes self justifying.<br /><br />I don't know, however, and you don't say, if we are comparing like for like when we look at these budget allocations. <br /><br />Like the piece, but isn't your headline click-bait?<br /><br /><br />Susie Symesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6942478546968158905.post-43713743960427029992017-03-10T10:13:30.548+00:002017-03-10T10:13:30.548+00:00I had to sit the 11+ twice as I was classified as ...I had to sit the 11+ twice as I was classified as 'borderline'. In the end I was sent to a secondary modern school. I now hold an MA, M.Phil.; Fellow of my professional body and various other bits of paper. It just took me longer to get there than if I had gone to a grammar school. I seem to recall that the 'research' used to justify selection was proved to be false years ago- something to do with twins.Leslie Johnsonnoreply@blogger.com