There is an article in the Grauniad re the DFES consultation, which probably needs a few letters writing to them regarding.
1. They start off by saying the consualtation is to:
find out whether rules need to be tightened over how children are taught out of the education system
Well, ISTM that this isn’t the point of them at all, seeing as the DFES are now saying that they don’t intend on any changes to legislation (for now anyway), the guidance is just about applying the exisiting law.
2. Tony Mooney pops up again, with the usual stuff about all the working class parents using HE as an easy way to not send their kids to school etc.
It’s not really that he is quoted as such, it’s just the way in which the view he espouses isn’t challenged in anyway – just like on the R4 news bit a while back, it seems that becuase he is ‘an inspector’ then his views must be correct. He really needs pulling up and being aked to provide some evidence for his claims.
There are other niggles too with the article, it feels a bit sloppy to me.
Yes, very sloppy. Perhaps now the tide of government threats to our freedom is receding, the papers can only get a headline with an article showing an opposing view.
I’m with Jan on the very sloppy, the author doesn’t appear to have read the same consultation I’ve seen, and certainly doesn’t appear to have read the email that went out to ppl signed up to the consult.
And as for Tony Mooney – do you think he gets paid for these quotes? Can I get paid for just making up complete nonsense too?