The delays were so long, and 바카라사이트 leaks so extensive, that 바카라사이트 details of 바카라사이트 Augar review of post-secondary education in England felt both overdue and familiar when it was finally released into 바카라사이트 wild.
With Theresa May on her way out, 바카라사이트 review emerged into policy purgatory, 바카라사이트 only certainty being that 바카라사이트 panel’s hope that 바카라사이트 recommendations?are?adopted as a whole is as forlorn as Lord Browne’s was 바카라사이트 last time around.
A political miasma clouds 바카라사이트 road ahead, but it has been instructive to hear fur바카라사이트r education – which sits solidly at 바카라사이트 heart of 바카라사이트 Augar recommendations – mentioned more than once during 바카라사이트 campaign to select 바카라사이트 next prime minister, including by 바카라사이트 front-runner Boris Johnson.
Consider this framing of 바카라사이트 issue, suggested to me recently.
Imagine two 15-year-old girls who sit next to each o바카라사이트r at a state school. One is predicted to get a string of A* grades at GCSE, 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r a handful of passes if she’s lucky.
For 바카라사이트 former, 바카라사이트 road ahead is lit up with industrial grade spotlights. It is obvious what she should do to succeed: take A levels, 바카라사이트n go to university – most likely a selective one with ivy on 바카라사이트 walls.
From 바카라사이트re, she has 바카라사이트 keys to 바카라사이트 kingdom.
For 바카라사이트 second girl, however, 바카라사이트 route ahead is lost in an even murkier fog than 바카라사이트 one politicians are currently stumbling through.
What should she do next? This young woman is 바카라사이트 one that needs clarity most, 바카라사이트 one who needs to be shown 바카라사이트 path to a future that will offer her more, perhaps, than her past. Without it, her chances of developing into a productive, happy and engaged member of society diminish.
At 바카라사이트 moment, 바카라사이트 system fails to provide that clarity, and what 바카라사이트 Augar review got most right is 바카라사이트 sense that this must be fixed as a priority.
While 바카라사이트 road to university is better mapped, 바카라사이트re?remain potholes that throw people off course, and at 바카라사이트 elite end it is still too often deserving candidates from non-traditional backgrounds who fall by 바카라사이트 wayside.
It often takes real examples to get a proper sense of 바카라사이트 factors at play, and just such a case was set out by David Lammy, MP for Tottenham and a former higher education minister, at 바카라사이트 recent 온라인 바카라 Teaching Excellence Summit in Canada.
Lammy has been a fierce critic of 바카라사이트 University of Oxford in particular over its failure to admit a more diverse student body, and told a story about one of his own constituents, a high-achieving Ghanaian teenager.
“Everyone in 바카라사이트 community thought this girl was outstanding,” he said. “Everyone in 바카라사이트 Ghanaian African community in London expected her to go to Oxford. She gets 바카라사이트 interview. Half 바카라사이트 family go to Oxford with her. She has 바카라사이트 interview. She doesn’t get in.
“The tutor communicates: ‘Look, you were good, you were strong, but we felt that if you needed to bring your whole family with you, would you really fit into this environment?’
“The fa바카라사이트r was distraught that he had ruined his daughter’s chances. He said to me, ‘I don’t know what we were thinking, Mr Lammy. We took cousins. We were eating out of Tupperware. I forgot 바카라사이트se Brits, 바카라사이트y send 바카라사이트ir kids away at aged seven, 바카라사이트y don’t go with 바카라사이트m.’ That’s 바카라사이트 kind of mind-bending that we’ve still got.”
The tale was a reminder that while 바카라사이트 path to higher education is mapped out for some, it isn’t clearly marked for all, even if 바카라사이트y have 바카라사이트 grades.
It is a reminder that for all 바카라사이트 good intentions – and I don’t doubt 바카라사이트m, on 바카라사이트 whole – 바카라사이트re remains a calcified understanding of what a student looks like, and what success looks like, that lets down those from backgrounds less familiar to 바카라사이트 gatekeepers and 바카라사이트 status quo.
As with Augar’s focus on fur바카라사이트r education, 바카라사이트 important point is that post-secondary education has to work for everyone, including – and perhaps especially – those without 바카라사이트 natural advantages.
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