Manifesto: "recruit 6,500 additional teachers... over the course of this parliament”... so only 47 months until "outrageous" might pertain. In the calendar...
Education is no longer about teaching, it’s about targets, and just as Goodhart’s Law predicts, the outcome is extremely poor. Labour failing to keep another promise is the least of our worries.
But the birth rate has continued to fall so how can that be? Primary schools near me are shutting and merging. I’m very much not against them having more money per pupil and being well run, but I’m not sure training lots of teachers who will be out of jobs in a few years is a good idea.
Manifesto: "recruit 6,500 additional teachers... over the course of this parliament”... so only 47 months until "outrageous" might pertain. In the calendar...
So that’s one fewer commitment taxing independent education has to cover. What a shower.
Education is no longer about teaching, it’s about targets, and just as Goodhart’s Law predicts, the outcome is extremely poor. Labour failing to keep another promise is the least of our worries.
https://jazzpunk101.substack.com/p/must-try-harder
But isn’t there less need for primary school teachers because of the falling birthrate?
Forecasts for primary numbers have actually gone up since Labour made the pledge
But the birth rate has continued to fall so how can that be? Primary schools near me are shutting and merging. I’m very much not against them having more money per pupil and being well run, but I’m not sure training lots of teachers who will be out of jobs in a few years is a good idea.
Why would a political party even want to make a commitment to hire more public employees? Is this some kind of argument for make-work programs?