A letter in the Telegraph calling for formal schooling to start at six or seven has provoked an outburst from Ministers and over 800 comments from readers. Almost 6,000 people have responded to an online poll, with over half supporting school starting at 6 or 7 so far. To have your say, find the poll here. telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/10302249/Start-schooling-later-than-age-five-say-experts.html A spokesman for Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, said the signatories were a “powerful and badly misguided lobby who are responsible for the devaluation of exams and the culture of low expectations in state schools,” and want to dumb down education. Education Minister Elizabeth Truss rubbished the letter writers and accused them of wanting a “learning free world” and promoting a “misguided, regressive, inaccurate, superstitious and dangerous idea”. What do you think? Join the debate, respond to the poll, closing soon.
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:11:39 +0000
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