Gavin Williamson tinkers at the edges of GCSEs when they are fundamentally broken | Fiona Millar

Even some Tories now see that we have a state-sponsored system of failure for poorer children Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen this is all over, will we be going back to normal, or as some headline writers prefer “normal”? Or will things never be normal again? I bet everyone has touched on these questions in the past six months.Everything about the education secretary, Gavin Williamson’s, latest attempts to finesse next year’s exams and compensate for the impact of Covid, suggests that the old normal will be a long time coming. But is that what we want, anyway? Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/dec/05/gavin-williamson-gcses-fundamentally-broken #exams #education #gcses #schools #department_for_education #education_policy #conservatives #labour #politics #uk_news #social_exclusion #society