A very busy work day today.
This morning spent in Haringay at a school where we are working as part of an intervention team and this afternoon in meeting around a project called "Networking for Transformation" and the future provision of IT in schools.
This evening spent another two hours delivering to homes around the Fairfield.....
Not sure whether any of you have picked it up but there is a story on this evenings BBC online about Princess Diana's driver (Henri Paul?) having his blood tested again.
It also mentions the Al Fayed accusation that his son and Diana were killed as part of some conspiracy. This is tough but surely the time has come to let this rest. There is a part of me that can see Al Fayeds point of view, and were I to lose a child I am sure the truth would become an obsession for me. But there is also the fact the you have to move on and however much you may want to bring them back it will not happen.
On a lighter note have you seen the story about the McDonald's happy meal that comes with a free pedometer. Apparently they have been overwhelmed with the demand and have had to order more. Very interesting that it takes a private company to implement the Government's objective of healthy eating! Could be a model for other political strategies? Makes you wonder who has the real power?
Finally I gather that spending on education has risen by 26% since the mid 90's. Can anyone explain what this is about? If this is the case exactly where have standards risen by 26%? I am involved in education and surely the issue is not what is spent but where it is spent and just maybe if it was spent a little more wisely then taxes would not need to be as high as they are. If this is the case then why are schools budgets suffering as bad as they are? Why are schools about to suffer a crisis in their IT budgets (as they tell me they are!)?
There must now be a concerted effort by the two main parties, whether in Government or not, to increase the productivity of schools budgets by whatever means possible. The alternative is that spending on education spirals out of control with no demonstrable benefit.
I have an interest here. Some politicians spout on about this subject without any knowledge but I have children and despite this spending increase I see the problems that the schools still face every day.
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