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Most recent annotations on things by Jim Knight
- Richard Taylor: I have written an article on the the subject of this debate: http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/single-parents- under-5s-benefits.html -- Richard Taylor Cambridge http://www.rtaylor.co.uk (6 days, 11 hours ago)
Read annotation | All by this user - despb : Not really got your finger on the pulse there.! (28 April 2009)
Read annotation | All by this user - ONEMIS : That helps some but not others.My daughter needs one to one. There is no help for her. (20 March 2009)
Read annotation | All by this user - D Cowling: What an arrogant reply, too think this guy is a minister responsible for schools and learners - is it any wonder our kids are so badly taught. he could also tell OFSTED inspectors to look in the... (28 January 2009)
Read annotation | All by this user - david skinner: Nick Gulliford. Superb. I shall take the liberty of preserving and using your evidence for the coming battle for our families and children. If people don't realise that we are at war after... (29 November 2008)
Read annotation | All by this user - Nick Gulliford: A parent writes persuasively at: http://ccfather.blogspot.com/2006/12/sch ools-sex-ed-ok-its-time-to-get-bit.html "I think if parents are to be successful in raising counter-cultural kids,... (27 November 2008)
Read annotation | All by this user - Joan Rohn: Jim Knight seems to be suggesting that as there's a decision, and no matter how flawed it is, it's time to support the decision simply by virtue of it being a decision. But he certainly is... (6 November 2008)
Read annotation | All by this user - Dystopia, Longton: The referendum related to the, "principle of having a mayor." We don't want one and in particular one that drives strategies through without consulting those who are effected by them. (5 November 2008)
Read annotation | All by this user - David Brede: As the Tories have been in power for 5 years in Northamptonshire if they were going to build a new school in Wellingborough they would have done so by now. (26 May 2008)
Read annotation | All by this user - barbara richards: The constant meddling of this government is undermining the entire teaching profession. Why does this government insist on using all manner of social engineering experiments to the detriment... (20 May 2008)
Read annotation | All by this user - Blaine Price: By "his party plans a raid" does he mean some virtual Conservative government? Or is Labour just going to hand power to the Conservatives at the next election? If the MK Council's argument for... (18 March 2008)
Read annotation | All by this user - Oliver Sims: Once again, a Minister answers any question other than the one asked. Maria Miller asked a very pertinent question. The "answer" completely ignored the question. However, the answer did... (16 January 2008)
Read annotation | All by this user - Alix Cull: Is the Hon. member considering the T.V. input which includes so much sexual activity and must have some effect on young people? (20 December 2007)
Read annotation | All by this user - Alix Cull: Having worked in a school in the Midlands as a resident school nurse, I was one of the first such educators. One session comprised written questions from the 14 yr. old girls. their ignorance... (18 December 2007)
Read annotation | All by this user - Tone Franklin: Having been sexually abused myself as a child and the realisation of such as being abuse only beginning to dawn on me once I'd attended the sex educaton classes - as rudimentary as they were for... (24 September 2007)
Read annotation | All by this user - Mark Bestford: Christine you have my most heartfelt sympathy. From what I've written above it sounds like you have a similar problem to mine. A school that simply does not seem to care or is simply not able to.... (30 April 2007)
Read annotation | All by this user - christine mumford: the reason there are fewer statements in schools is they are not giving children statements. My daughter is 9 years old and is just getting a statement she is 9 years old and still can't write... (30 April 2007)
Read annotation | All by this user - Mark Bestford: Speaking from experience the fact is that schools are simply not statementing pupils. My daughter is dyslexic. We moved to Oxfordshire in 2001 and in her first year she was recommended for... (30 April 2007)
Read annotation | All by this user - J9 : My first thought is that the reason there are fewer children with statements in PRUs is because Local Authorities are issuing fewer statements. As a result of this, children for whom there is... (30 April 2007)
Read annotation | All by this user - Kevin Lohse: "Robust Action" = another phamplet to be cursorily scanned then forgotten. (2 March 2007)
Read annotation | All by this user - Kevin Lohse: This answer is a typical example of civil service short-termism instigated by Treasury financial practise. At the current wastage rate of over £50.000.000pa, it would take only a few years for a... (2 March 2007)
Read annotation | All by this user - Elena Villamil: The direction of education should not be let to 16 year olds to decide, but to the more experienced educators, in collaboration with whoever will be providing jobs for these students. The reality... (20 February 2007)
Read annotation | All by this user - Mark Bestford: Well said, we need to get away from soundbite statistics that prove nothing. What is the point of increased funding anyway when it still leaves the LEA worse off due to increased red tape and... (9 February 2007)
Read annotation | All by this user - Helen Donovan: But Mr Knight, the funding is NOT allocated on the basis of need. It may have well been allocated by your governments definition of need back in 1997, but the original "need" formula has been... (9 February 2007)
Read annotation | All by this user - Mark Bestford: My fear is, what do you do when the SENCO is clearly not upto the job? Or there is clear hostility to the idea of statementing. I speak from personal experience, when after an initial assessment... (7 November 2006)
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