Life Lessons

A radical agenda to make our education system fit for the twenty-first century

Our education system has been damaged by politicians who have arrogantly imposed a regime of market-driven reforms. It is time to reframe education as an essential public good, one arising from a hunger to find more engaging ways to learn and the powerful imperative to make our society genuinely equal.

In this timely and provocative essay, Melissa Benn argues for a National Education Service. Like the NHS, the NES would provide the framework for a life-long entitlement to education: from early-years provision to apprenticeships, universities and adult education. It should be free at the point of delivery. It should nurture teachers and scholarship, moving beyond an obsession with exam results to create fully rounded, questioning citizens. Its eventual aim should be an integrated, comprehensive system available to all.

O agenda radicala pentru a face sistemul nostru educational potrivit pentru secolul XXI Sistemul nostru educational a fost afectat de politicienii care au impus cu aroganta un regim de reforme bazate pe piata. Este timpul sa reformulam educatia ca un bun public esential, care apare dintr-o foamete de a gasi modalitati mai antrenante de a invata si imperativul puternic de a face societatea noastra cu adevarat egala. In acest eseu oportun si provocator, Melissa Benn pledeaza pentru un Serviciu National de Educatie .