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Another Tube strike announced
Tony Polson wrote:
wrote: On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:32:07 -0700 (PDT) wrote: least for the top 50% academically) has been a success. Given that all measures (including international skills comparisons, not just qualifications) show the median adult is indeed more skilled than 25 years ago, that's a strong sign that the answer to both questions is yes. If thats the case then they're not learning these skills at school because when contemporary kids have been given old O or A level papers in a couple of TV shows they flunk badly. And if a modern paper seems easier when put side by side with an old one then it probably is. It isn't difficult for "the median adult" to appear more skilled than 25 years ago when almost 50% go on to University now compared with less than 20% then. However, the truth is that when comparing standards of education on a like-for-like basis, in the last 25 years they have gone down significantly. It is perhaps inevitable that entry standards have had to be lowered to allow the top 50% in, rather than the top 20%. |
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