An election looms large and yet the debate around education is so small. Labour and Tories diverge around whether to have more free schools or university fees of £6000 versus £9000, but the purpose of education and the antiquated nature of the way we educate are left untouched.
The abiding metaphor of education is now a race, a global race in which every country and every person has to become ever more competitive. The best nursery, followed by the best school, the best university all to get the highest paying job. Along the way we learn to compete and to be in debt. Our children and their teachers become stressed and anxious in this arms race that can never end. At the very least, once every five years we should discuss if this is right.
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