Right and wrong
Times Online
To teach the distinction is right. To drop it is wrong.
The proposal that schools should no longer be required to teach teenagers to understand the difference between “right and wrong” is as astonishing as it is absurd. Instead, under plans put forward to simplify the National Curriculum, children will be encouraged to develop what officials describe as “secure values and beliefs”. At the same time, the draft reforms, submitted to the Education Secretary in March, delete the requirement to teach pupils about Britain’s cultural heritage. Instead, schools should dwell on the benefits of British membership of the European Union. Rarely have officials drawn up proposals so inept, so out of step with current thinking and so likely to stir up public anger." Read on.
To teach the distinction is right. To drop it is wrong.
The proposal that schools should no longer be required to teach teenagers to understand the difference between “right and wrong” is as astonishing as it is absurd. Instead, under plans put forward to simplify the National Curriculum, children will be encouraged to develop what officials describe as “secure values and beliefs”. At the same time, the draft reforms, submitted to the Education Secretary in March, delete the requirement to teach pupils about Britain’s cultural heritage. Instead, schools should dwell on the benefits of British membership of the European Union. Rarely have officials drawn up proposals so inept, so out of step with current thinking and so likely to stir up public anger." Read on.
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