Joined: Tue May 26, 2009 11:46 pm Posts: 23603 Location: England - the old fashioned tolerant one.
Our youngest children are under the ministerial care of this complete airhead.
Given that almost every expert educationist, professional organisation and parent evr consulted has said that rigid targets for under-fives are not simply misleading and pointless bit can also be damaging - what has this bonehead with no knowledge or experience of education decided to do?
The comments show the usual grasp of the point as well. But then, they're little kids, so it doesn't really matter. Does it?
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Teather was educated at the independent Leicester Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge, where she gained a 2:1 degree in Natural Sciences specialising in pharmacology. Teather initially embarked on a PhD at University College London, but left the course at the end of her first year. She went on to work as a policy advisor for a number of prominent groups including the Royal Society and the charity Macmillan Cancer Relief
This is her brief:
Sarah Teather Minister of State for Children and Families Responsibilities
Children’s centres Childcare Early learning and development, curriculum 0-5 Voluntary and community sector UNCRC Families Health issues (obesity, drugs and alcohol, teenage pregnancy) Child poverty Children’s services commissioning and market development Local authority funding/local government policy Government offices and field forces School food/Healthy Schools SEN and disabled children Young carers
This is her:
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Joined: Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:33 pm Posts: 12396 Location: East London
This thread could double as an "unimpressive ministers below Cabinet level" thread.
Bob Neill seems to have been chosen specially so that his boss Pickles doesn't feel intellectually intimidated. If there's a reshuffle, he might have to swap with John Hayes (Business and Skills).
Joined: Fri Aug 21, 2009 2:07 am Posts: 3426 Location: chesterfield
When Teather was in opposition a number of teachers lobbied her about how schools were using unqualified cover supervisors to replace supply teachers, she was provided with lots of evidence to show that many schools were abusing the system to provide education on the cheap. Teather promised she would do everything she could to tackle the problem to ensure all pupils were taught by qualified teachers. Now she is in government she seems to have developed the same selective memory problems usually associated with News International employees.
Not that I knew that much about her at the time, but I always used to think she came across quite well on QT in the pre-coalition days. Nowadays it's embarrassing the extent to which she completely toes the Tory party line. Proper Judas character.
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Not that I knew that much about her at the time, but I always used to think she came across quite well on QT in the pre-coalition days. Nowadays it's embarrassing the extent to which she completely toes the Tory party line. Proper Judas character.
Completely agree. She pretty much ran her General Election campaign on the basis of 'Vote for me to keep the Tories out' and now she can't go near a camera without mentioning something about inheriting a mess.
Joined: Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:33 pm Posts: 12396 Location: East London
jlewis89 wrote:
sporran wrote:
Not that I knew that much about her at the time, but I always used to think she came across quite well on QT in the pre-coalition days. Nowadays it's embarrassing the extent to which she completely toes the Tory party line. Proper Judas character.
Completely agree. She pretty much ran her General Election campaign on the basis of 'Vote for me to keep the Tories out' and now she can't go near a camera without mentioning something about inheriting a mess.
Hang on, they were never going to win Brent South.
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2009 5:59 pm Posts: 5640 Location: London
It's interesting that the Green Paper on SEN, which was her baby, seems to have hit the buffers. At one point the word was that they were keen to push this through and a draft Bill was imminent, but it's been imminent now for around 8 weeks without anything happening. Allegedly she's extremely unhappy as Gove's underling, but then who wouldn't be.
Not that I knew that much about her at the time, but I always used to think she came across quite well on QT in the pre-coalition days. Nowadays it's embarrassing the extent to which she completely toes the Tory party line. Proper Judas character.
Completely agree. She pretty much ran her General Election campaign on the basis of 'Vote for me to keep the Tories out' and now she can't go near a camera without mentioning something about inheriting a mess.
Hang on, they were never going to win Brent South.
That didn't stop her from using the phrase in most of her election material.
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