School exams: essential testing or narrow-minded bullying

Intelligence Squared On October 1st the motion for debate was, “Let’s end the tyranny of the test – relentless school testing demeans education.” Tristram Hunt – until recently Shadow Secretary of State for Education. He sees the purpose of education as liberation, providing social continuity so that the community sustains and passes on what has …

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