More then hundreds of new 'free' schools have to open in Britain next year to boost the Coalition's big Society programme.
Around 281 applications have been made in the last three months in order to establish a lot of 'free' schools.
These schools are goverment funded, but are run indepened from city councils.
In most cases, these applicants are attempting to get a place in a 'free' school because there parents cannot afford a private education, or there is no place in the local schools or to adress 'historic academic failure'.
At a conference today in London, Mr Gove will point to the extremely promising reactions to the free schools.
He will also point out that the reform is working quit well and will use the number of new aplications to prove this fact.
Reaction:
First of all, I think education is very, very important. But, I could get little to no information about how this school is going to be run. What I got from this article is that it will run on goverment money, but without the control of the local city council. The most forces behind these free schools will be then; parents, charities and volunteers.
How nice and probably better then I imagine it right now, this idea might be, I am not sure if it will work.
If they go one with these plants, I atleast hope they have some sort of external council that will keep an eye on things.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/secondaryeducation/8585774/100-free-schools-to-open-in-Britain-next-year.html
I think this is a great plan, in Holland we have the same system and it works out fine. The importance of free education cannot be expressed in words, becasue it will affect the academic future of so many children. Finally the government of the UK has applied something useful.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI wonder if this will work too, since I think this will cost a lot of money and effort to keep the school running. I think it will be a good idea to let the councils keep an eye on the schools, since this seems to be a new plan that just needs a lot of attention and care.
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