Government plans to scrap A-levels and introduce yet another reform of vocational
qualifications are all very well, but they feel like fiddling while Rome burns.
Education needs to strengthen the country’s economic prospects, narrow the gap between rich and poor, improve social mobility, encourage innovation, improve resilience, reduce dependency, and empower participation in civic life. Instead, our schools have become joyless exam factories. Something far more fundamental is required.
That is the argument made by Radix Big Tent co-founder, Joe Zammit-Lucia, who has edited our Open Manifesto paper, “Education for the 21st Century”.
The Radix Open Manifesto series covers a range of different topics, from housing to
investment reform, setting out radical reforms that we believe defy traditional left-right ideology and should appeal across the political spectrum.
This webinar will be chaired by Johnny Rich, Chief Executive of the outreach organisation Push, to discuss our proposals for education reform with Joe Zammit-Lucia, Fiona Millar, and Nick Corston, as well as with Radix supporters and followers. Our recommendations include:
- Rethinking the purpose of education in a 21st century world
- Abolishing the national curriculum and moving towards a system where individual students can compile their own curriculum according to their own passions and interests
- Developing the teaching skills necessary for a technology-dominated and information-saturated world
Please join this discussion and help us to develop our education manifesto ideas for
presentation to policy-makers and politicians in the run up to the General Election.
