Letters to the Editor: Cuba could teach Ireland a lot about equitable education

Letters to the Editor: Cuba could teach Ireland a lot about equitable education
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Oh, how outraged we all are. Unfairness is baked into the education system in the UK (but not in ours. Oh no.) And the delicious schadenfreude of witnessing the U-turn away from the algorithm.

Yes, the algorithm was a fiasco in its ridiculous concept of disposing with the need for teachers and their professional opinions. Come from a posh school with historic high grades? Click. Whirr. Ah, says the algorithm, you must also be posh and will get a high grade. Open the (university) pod bay doors.

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