tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post5798401514462326478..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Graham Brady is rightPaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-10441907947026219392007-06-04T16:09:00.000+01:002007-06-04T16:09:00.000+01:00I recognise that I come very late to this particul...I recognise that I come very late to this particular thread but...<BR/><BR/>According to a study by Professor Jesson (2005) - a statistical comparison of the GCSE and GNVQ results of all grammar school pupils with those of the top 25% (of "grammar school ability") in comprehensive schools - which indicated that the comprehensive schools had done slightly better overall. There is also evidence Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-68591350290171035972007-06-04T12:25:00.000+01:002007-06-04T12:25:00.000+01:00I think DK has a point here about percentages. Sh...I think DK has a point here about percentages. Should we run a quota system based on percentage of places from grammar, private and sm or should it solely be based on best three scores at A Levels?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-53324731423318228722007-06-03T14:05:00.000+01:002007-06-03T14:05:00.000+01:00As a Conservative, it's great to see the left fina...As a Conservative, it's great to see the left finally coming round to our way of thinking. <BR/><BR/>It's a shame too that just as this is happening, Cameron is trying to abandon it.<BR/><BR/>Contrary to what the left thinks, the Tories have never been against social justice (even when the term was first popularised as an insult in the Civil War), we just differ on how to achieve it. See <A HREFGJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10145877448548576760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-3939098108398020792007-06-03T08:17:00.000+01:002007-06-03T08:17:00.000+01:00And private schools are even more eleitist.By the ...And private schools are even more eleitist.<BR/><BR/>By the way, Paul ... don't forget to get those nominations in for the Blogpower Awards - vote early and vote often!James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-21293656024784169812007-06-01T01:17:00.000+01:002007-06-01T01:17:00.000+01:00Thank you for taking time to write such good artic...Thank you for taking time to write such good articles for usAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-30734687783213352922007-05-31T20:21:00.000+01:002007-05-31T20:21:00.000+01:00Brady claimed his data proved that selection raise...Brady claimed his data proved that selection raised overall educational standards in an area, citing improved GCSE results. Without having studied the data first hand this would seem to make sense: where a grammar school exists more middle class families acquire houses and educational performance improves accordingly as more motivating middle-class families motivate their kids to do that bit skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02632351344359303404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-25997054005258851842007-05-31T11:21:00.000+01:002007-05-31T11:21:00.000+01:00Isn't the whole point that it is because grammars ...Isn't the whole point that it is because grammars are so politically divisive that the Tories are right to abandon them. The reality is that if the Tories went into the next election backing more grammars they would have to spend an awful lot of time trying to explain to parents that if their child was not bright enough to go to a grammar it would not be the end of the world and they would VFTNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042127855668954972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-25221090036606540972007-05-31T00:39:00.000+01:002007-05-31T00:39:00.000+01:00Secondary schools are only a part of the education...Secondary schools are only a part of the educational mix. In the 60's and 70's, 5% of the school leavers went to university (though another 6% went to polytechnics, now called universities, and others went to teaching training colleges).<BR/><BR/>This govt seems to want 50% of the popualtion to go to university; its already up to 45%. <BR/><BR/>If grammar schools were re-introduced for the top Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01734361414331599976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-68602341089073773052007-05-30T19:33:00.000+01:002007-05-30T19:33:00.000+01:00The point about house prices and social mobility m...The point about house prices and social mobility may well be very true, but selection at 11 has pernicious effects upon the psychology of those who 'suffered' it. Believe me - I've lived with two men who failed their 11 pluses...BondWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194225259521277589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-64493413043324952832007-05-30T17:49:00.000+01:002007-05-30T17:49:00.000+01:00Dear PaulYour point is well-made... but if you now...Dear Paul<BR/><BR/>Your point is well-made<BR/><BR/>... but if you now realize that you were wrong on Grammar Schools, are there any other "left-of-centre" "Progressive" issues on which you have been wrong<BR/><BR/>Yr obedt servt etc<BR/><BR/>G EagleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com