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    A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System
    A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System
    A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System
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    A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System

    By Peter Hitchens

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    There are few subjects these days that cause parents more stress than the education of their children.

    In his new book, Peter Hitchens describes the misjudgements made by politicians over the years that have led to the increase of class distinction and privilege in our education system. This is of course the opposite of what was intended, especially by former Minister of Education Shirley Williams and Margaret Thatcher, her successor in that role, who closed down many more Grammar Schools than Williams.

    Given that the cost of private secondary education is now in the region of £50,000 a year and the cream of Comprehensive Schools are now oversubscribed (William Ellis, Camden School for Girls, The Oratory, Cardinal Vaughan), parents are spending thousands on private tutoring and fee-paying prep schools in order to get their children into these academically excellent schools. Meanwhile hypocritical Labour politicians like Diane Abbott send their children to expensive private day schools. So, what alternatives – if any – are there?

    Peter Hitchens argues that in trying to bring about an educational system which is egalitarian, the politicians have created a system which is the exact opposite. And what's more, it is a system riddled with anomalies - Sixth Form Colleges select pupils on ability at the age of 15, which rules out any child who does not have major educational backing from home (heavy involvement by working parents or private tutors, for example) and academies also are selective, though they pretend not to be.

    This is an in-depth look at the British education system and what will happen if things don't change radically.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
    Release dateNov 24, 2022
    ISBN9781399400039
    A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System
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    Peter Hitchens

    Peter Hitchens is a British journalist, author, and broadcaster. He currently writes for the Mail on Sunday, where he is a columnist and occasional foreign correspondent, reporting most recently from Iran, North Korea, Burma, The Congo, and China. A former revolutionary, he attributes his return to faith largely to his experience of socialism in practice, which he witnessed during his many years reporting in Eastern Europe and his nearly three years as a resident correspondent in Moscow during the collapse of the Soviet Union. He lived and worked in the United States from 1993 to 1995. Hitchens lives in Oxford with his wife, Eve. They have three children.

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