Re: Left and Right and Politics
In theory, grammar schools ought to be a variation on "setting" (separate teaching of children according to ability) within a school year in a school. Seems to be generally acceptable for maths and English. However that's within a school, while there may be differences in the provision of resources in the school between top set and bottom set there are mechanisms in place - head of department, head of year, head teacher, governing body - which ought to mitigate that. Once you set a population of children in a community across schools, the checks are reduced - the LEA and the inspectorate are what stands between equal treatment and "nature red in tooth and claw". Academisation further reduces such checks. Teaching differentials arise, would you rather turn out students with A's or with C's (ignoring that without your help they might have been B's and E's respectively. And thus sink schools.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
