UK Education standards 'not good enough' warns former Tesco boss

The UK Telegraph:

Sir Terry, who stepped down from the helm of Britain's largest private employer earlier this year after 14 years in charge, was addressing an audience of teachers at the Wellington College Festival of Education.

"Standards in schools vary too widely, more widely than you would find in business," he said.

"The standards in too many schools are simply not good enough.

"The answer is deceptively simple. It is about good leadership in each school, good teachers in each classroom and support in their work by the wider society."

He said this was often hampered by a "myriad" of well-meaning Government initiatives and a tendency to "micromanage" education, with "too much management, and not enough help or trust".

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 26, 2011 1:28 AM
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