| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:'Abolishing Eton' and the impact on Ealing | |
| Posted by: | N V Brooks | |
| Date/Time: | 25/09/19 20:09:00 |
| As most of those 'tax dodging' schools have enrichment and best practice sharing programmes for local state schools the argument is a little hollow. You need to ask why the state school is 'crap', it is not all about funding. I spent over twenty years as a governor in state schools and failure, however one measures it, is all too often down to parental abrogation of any responsibility for their children's education. No amount of additional funding will change that. A cultural step-change is needed but this must be reciprocated by the parents. There were (and still are) some parents who believe that it is solely a school's responsibility to educate. They are easy to spot as they will be the ones missing from parent's evenings but the first in the queue to complain when their 'little darling' fails to get a clutch of good results. |