By: Chris Moss

Chris Moss
Sun, 15 Dec 2024 16:40:29 +0000

That's not just patronising: it means that they will be denied the chance to glimpse a wider and richer world that is theirs for the taking. And probably because this "professor of social mobility" struggled himself at school. Teachers love 'relevance' - easier to understand means easier to teach. Kids love it too, as easy work means easy tests. And literacy and numeracy rates continue to plummet and will continue to do so unless we remember why we go to school at all.