Standards in education - Once again we’re being delusional

THOUGH there are very many different, if not conflicting, interests in our educational system it is assumed that there is a common purpose.

That being the intellectual and social formation of all of our children to more or less their academic potential, certainly to the point that they can take the next step along the road towards further education or begin a career. Certainly to the point where they can live independent and fulfilling lives while making a valued contribution to society.

How that point is reached, and what or where that point is exactly, has become a matter of considerable debate, tension and, unfortunately, stasis.