Michael Gove can earn the gratitude of a generation

If the education revolution on offer succeeds, it will earn the Coalition a place among the great reforming governments, says Janet Daley

Janet Daley – The Telegraph 24/07/2010

The rebranding of schools goes on a pace and this latest is hailed unequivocally in this piece from the Telegraph. The ‘if’ being the only qualifier.

I found a list of the some of the kinds of school this country has had in the 20th Century in Guy Claxton’s book ‘What’s the point of school?’

‘In the twentieth century we had, to name but a few, Board School, Elementary Schools, Grammar Schools, Secondary Modern School, Middle School, Junior Schools, Technical Schools, Comprehensive Schools, Six Form Colleges, Independent Day Schools, Private Schools, Special Schools, City Technology Schools, Specialist Schools, City Academies, Trust Schools, Voluntary Aided Schools, Church Schools to name but a few.  (Admittedly I did add a few to his list)

And as he pointed out, each restructuring is heralded as a great step forward. Which bring us back to the sub heading of the piece

If the education revolution on offer succeeds, it will earn the Coalition a place among the great reforming governments, says Janet Daley

and the first line of the article

By the end of this week, Britain will have begun the long march out of educational decline.

You can’t really say fairer than that and what a glorious carrot.

Well and truly heralded.