Instead of backing his own policy of devolution,George Osborne fell for the myth that academies are a magic bulletA week after the budget, I’m still not sure whether the chancellor’s announcement that all schools will become academies was news or not. It was only a matter of time before the government gave up on persuasion and moved to compulsion. At least there will be no more pretence approximately giving schools choice. The 75% of schools that maintain not yet gone down the academy route will spend the next four years focusing on new structures and governance. What a tragedy that so much energy and time, and both in schools and the Department for Education,will be directed to this end. There are more primary things to do.
You’ll peep in useless for any educational justification. There are many excellent academies – as there are maintained schools – but no evidence whatsoever that academies are in themselves the best way of raising standards. peep at the Sutton Trust, Ofsted and the Commons education select committee for just some of the evidence.
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Source: theguardian.com