Richard Garner



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Full name: Richard Garner

Area of interest: Education issues

Journals/Organisation: The Independent

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 * Scotland's national tests mean schools must avoid the pitfalls of teaching to the league table - The Government in England never had any desire to publish primary league tables - 2nd September 2015
 * Boys catching up with girls in GCSE exam results: This really is something to celebrate - The good thing about the cut in the gender gap is that it has been achieved by boys improving their performance - rather than girls doing worse - 21st August 2015
 * Sex education: Ministers need to be bolder and act on their findings - The DfE failed to concede there is a great need for sex education - 17th February 2015
 * The Government ‘out-Goves’ Gove with this policy - The trouble with this solution is that it reinforces the 'local authority maintained school bad - academies and free schools good' mentality - 14th October 2014
 * Gove: Ideologically committed, utterly zealous, and hated - His departure may raise a smile among teachers, but his record deserves a more in-depth scrutiny - 16th July 2014
 * It makes sense to reduce the number of GCSE high-flyers - Ofqaul's suggestion poses an interesting dilemma for the Department of Education - 2nd April 2014
 * Ofsted wants schools to lift their game on careers advice - Ofsted chief schools inspector is looking for new ways to judge schools' careers education - 5th March 2014
 * What should you teach a two-year-old? - At first sight you could be forgiven for believing there was a potential clash between Baroness Morgan’s call for schools to take in two-year-olds and the clamour by a growing band of academics - now backed by former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams - for formal schooling to be put back to seven - 5th November 2013
 * There is no easy solution to the crisis in British education - The UK is the only nation where our young people have less mastery of the basics than the adult population as a whole - 9th October 2013
 * Once the euphoria dies down, academies face traditional problems - More students with good A-level grades are looking to apprenticeships - 28th August 2013
 * The lesson? Britain cannot afford to ignore this crisis - Teachers can inspire and enthuse only if they have been trained in their subjects - 13th August 2013
 * Let kids apply after their A-level results - The number of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds applying to elite universities has fallen in the past decade. New ideas musts be considered - 17th June 2013
 * Freedom, yes, but only if you become an academy - Let me put it bluntly. It just seems plain wrong to be closing a school rated good with outstanding features by inspectors - 14th November 2012
 * These exam reforms matter – so do let's stop playing politics - Whatever else your thoughts on Education Secretary Michael Gove's plans to replace GCSEs with the EBacc, think on this. Its launch wasn't really the way a reputable government department should handle the start of a debate on what is probably the most significant reform of the education system planned in this Parliament - 27th September 2012
 * This bonus for high-flyers could cost the rest dearly - On the face of it, allowing unlimited expansion to universities if they recruit students with at least two A grades and a B grade at A-level would appear to be a good idea - 16th August 2012
 * How our schools lost the plot - The Coalition decided to axe funding for PE teachers to train in delivering sport - 7th August 2012
 * Further education has failed the students of tomorrow - I cannot help but believe today's Ucas review has missed a trick by opting to ditch plans for a radical shake-up of the admissions service - 28th March 2012
 * grading system that needs reform'' - For the past decade or so there has been endless debate about whether we should move to a system whereby A-level candidates apply to universities after receiving their results - 18th August 2011
 * right – but her choice is not for everyone'' - Angelina Jolie is probably right in her assessment that the modern education system is not geared to catering for her children's needs - 3rd June 2011
 * in class is so bad, teachers are ready to quit profession'' - Staff believe they are not supported by headteacher in disciplining children - 8th April 2011
 * study that should sound the death knell for league tables'' - There is a groundswell of opinion in favour of a later start to formal schooling - 16th October 2009
 * have a right to a varied education'' - The Cambridge primary review deserves more than a cursory glance after landing in the in-tray of the Schools Secretary, Ed Balls - 20th February 2009
 * and day care are not the only answers'' - 9th September 2008
 * So where do fish and chips come from?'' - 28th August 2008
 * Swallow your pride and bring back Tomlinson - Monday, 23rd June 2008
 * Reforms have increased the gap between rich and poor - Thursday, 5th June 2008
 * Betrayal of movement's founding principles - Thursday, 3rd April 2008
 * Food for thought in learning game - Saturday, 15th September 2007
 * How middle-class families remain wary of the state - Friday, 4th May 2007
 * Teaching begins at home, not at school - Friday, 16th February 2007
 * A day for congratulations - and concern at a tarnished qualification - Friday, 18th August 2006
 * Expand specialist schools and forget academies - Are they value for money? On that ground, the answer has to be no - Tuesday, 18th April 2006
 * Two compromises can ensure PM "gets out of jail" - Friday, 27th January 2006
 * Why Government's approach to difficulties is flawed - Wednesday, 11th January 2006



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