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  1. Rhodes Boyson on education black paper (1975)

    Genre
    Interview

    Bob Holness interviews Conservative MP and former headmaster Dr Rhodes Boyson on the publication of a new so-called black paper on education standards. He speaks about the decline in standards of schools;...

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  2. Low standards in US schools (1983)

    Genre
    News report

    Bill Turnbull reports on a US survey which reveals a low knowledge of current affairs and general literacy amongst students in the American education system. Audio quality poor and level low.

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  3. NUT votes to block testing in schools (1987)

    Genre
    News report; Speech

    The Government has proposed tests for schools at regular intervals to check the students’ progress. The NUT has opposed any such testing, claiming it will lead to streaming, and that blanket testing is...

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  4. GCSE results improve (1989)

    Genre
    Interview

    Peter Spencer interviews Education Minister, Angela Rumbold about an improvement in GCSE grades in 1989. According to new figures, the proportion of students gaining high grades in the major subjects rose by...

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  5. Sheila Lawlor on GCSE results (1990)

    Genre
    Interview

    In the light of improved GCSE results, the Deputy Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, Sheila Lawlor, claims that standards have in fact declined since the abolition of the O Level. Female interviewer...

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  6. Neil Kinnock speech on education reform (1990)

    Genre
    Speech

    Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock speech on what Labour would do to reform education if elected including forming an education standards agency, reforming teacher training and support, a general teaching...

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  7. Baroness Blatch on Government education guidelines (1992)

    Genre
    Interview

    Paul Rowley interviews Education Minister, Baroness Blatch (Emily May Blatch) on new Government guidelines which will mean that secondary schoolchildren who make spelling mistakes will be penalised. GCSE...

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  8. Rhodes Boyson on dropping education standards (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Doubt has been cast onto standards at former polytechnics and colleges of further and higher education which now have University status, after claims they are taking on students who have not passed A-levels....

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