Peter Hitchens

@ClarkeMicah ↗

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@ChubbsAndy 'common school' was the term used by Brian Simon and other left-wing campaigners for comprehensives. The term 'comprehensive,' invented by the civil servant Graham Savage, did not become the approved term for such schools till later. — PolitiTweet.org

@ClarkeMicah @NeilRos93033708 A common school for common people.

Posted Nov. 30, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

2/2 .@NeilRos93033708 The ethos of a school whose staff and pupils all benefit from acadmeic selection is quite different from that of a common school. — PolitiTweet.org

@targett_chris @ClarkeMicah No that is not what I think. If selective state schools get exactly the same resources… https://t.co/jI1t346fX9

Posted Nov. 30, 2022

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Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah

.@Targett_chris . It was never designed to break that link . To break it *at that time* would have required mainatnenace grants for children from poor homes whose parents expected them to go out and earn a wage from 14 or 15. But that;s a social policy, not an educational one. — PolitiTweet.org

@NeilRos93033708 @ClarkeMicah Because the link between wealth and educational attainment is indisputable. Hitchens… https://t.co/hE0SPoCX3K

Posted Nov. 30, 2022