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  Barry
  the only thing that free schools have to do with strategic educational thinking or policy is that they are a means of splitting up the existing educational structures. They will be the province of the wealthy, the connected and the vocal and do nothing to improve 'educational standards' (whatever they are) for the majority.
  
  DT1,
  I read an excellent book by Neil Postman who argues that those in power should state their rationale for education; is it about making a life or making a living? On the face of it these may seem to be very similar but the selection of one outcome would produce very different experiences than the other. The current system is designed to meet the demands of the economy even though we do not really know what sort of jobs today's 7 year olds will be going into in 11 years time. As such it meets the demands of a Victorian economic model. Those who promote the system are usually those who have done well by it and therefore see no reason to change it. In reality the majority of pupils leave school knowing what they are bad at rather than what they are good at and as such it is a divisive and, for many, demoralising, experience.

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