Saturday, April 25, 2015

'British Values.'

Teachers urged to drop 'British values.'

Teachers have been urged to "actively disengage" from following rules that require schools to teach 'British values'. Dr Robin Bevan, Head of Southend High School for Boys, told teachers at a conference in Liverpool that the rules are unnecessary, "ill-considered, ill-defined and counterproductive". Some Christian and Christian ethos schools claim to have been penalised by Ofsted as a result of the Government's recent 'British values' drive. Christian Concern.

'New' Caravaggio on Display.

  “Caravaggio can freeze a moment — it’s hypnotic, magnetic and it’s coming home,” said Paola Nicita, an art historian who worked on the loa...