The A* level results were out today to the inevitable and entirely predictable refrain about grade inflation…. “When I did A levels in 1732, they were far harder…yada yada yada.”
I am not going to comment on grade inflation, pressure-cooking students to pass exams etc etc….. but I did enjoy this article from The Spectator blog…
The Tories tone down their rhetoric on A-levels
I don’t really need to add anything !
Apart from this quote… Willetts is down with da kids? (Surely not? – Ed)
Speaking this morning about standards, David Willetts said:
“I really do hate that debate … Young people work incredibly hard … I think we should stop being down on young people and we should celebrate what they achieve.”[Come off it…. not even a hoodie flicking V signs is going to be taken in by such a wonderfully paternal and patronising statement]