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Last Saturday I posted about the proposed new National Curriculum and its programme of study for History.  Yesterday’s Sunday papers splashed big on the subject. Among much hyperbole and inaccurate reporting (no, Observer, Key Stage 3 does not end at age 18), there was an excellent, balanced letter from the presidents of various historical societies.  It’s worth reading in full but I’ll quote a couple of passages here. First, they note (as I did) the issue of relegating all p

To those who have managed to keep up with the astounding pace of policy changes flowing from the Department for Education in recent months, it will come as no surprise to see Secretary of State Michael Gove quoting Matthew Arnold in the introduction to his new National Curriculum.  The draft curriculum, which was released for consultation last week, begins with this as the first of two Aims: The National Curriculum provides pupils with an introduction to the core knowledge