May, 2012

John White here concludes his debate with Michael Young on The Framework for the National Curriculum (report by the Expert Panel for the National Curriculum Review). For previous papers in this debate click see the first paper by Margaret Brown and John White, An Unstable Framework, and Michael Young‘s response ‘An Entitlement to Powerful Knowledge‘… … and for a [...]

Robin Alexander, University of Cambridge, Director of The Cambridge Primary Review reproduces here his paper presented at the CPPS (Centre for Public Policy Seminars) seminar in April 2012. Last year, when I was asked to provide a title for this session, there was much talk of professional freedom, curriculum minimalism, and the need to ditch [...]

Professor Michael Young of the Institute of Education, University of London here offers his response to John White co-author of the paper “An Unstable Framework – Critical perspectives on The Framework for the National Curriculum.” Professor Young is not a member of the New Visions Group for Education The previous Labour Government in the period [...]