tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post5108649356373965950..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: How the search for 'fairness' must end - for the sake of the children!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-31538225184700373532011-01-22T19:43:49.432+00:002011-01-22T19:43:49.432+00:00I've said many times that one of the biggest p...I've said many times that one of the biggest problems the brightest students in the state education system face is the desire that pervades the academic establishment to reach targets and compete for league table placings. Teachers throw more time and effort at 'average' students because they know the bright ones will achieve the necessary standards with little intervention. <br /><br />Selection, streaming, call it whatever you will but separating out the brightest minds and clumping them together is, in my opinion, a bloody good idea. Sort of like university used to be before the 50% target was introduced.manwiddicombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02499331812704446499noreply@blogger.com