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What policies should we propose to give our children a good education?
We believe that education is the keystone that makes all other longer-term strategic policies possible: improving industry and employment; the arts; scientific discovery and research; improving the overall health and well-being of society; and reducing crime. It is the policy area that should receive the lions-share of public funding in recognition of the dividend that all other areas of public spending will receive 10-15 years hence.
Subsequently we recognise that education is about more than simply equipping the future workforce with relevant vocational and professional skills, but about creating a future society that is healthy, wise, and wealthy in all respects.
50% of the British public identify as having no religion, and this number is growing[^1] but over half of all state funded schools have a religious character[^2], including over 4,500 Church of England schools. It has been demonstrated that faith schools are religiously selective, excluding those of other or no faith[^3].
[^1]: British Social Attitudes Survey (pdf) [^2]: Maintained Faith Schools, Department for Education
[^3]: Fair Admissions Campaign
[^3]: Fair Admissions Campaign
@PaulJRobinson - about 10 years ago
Odd that this didn't come up as an auto-tweet from the @OpenPoliticsUK account earlier when I made this commit.
I like this, but I'd remove the "lions share of funding" part, as currently the NHS is (I believe) the largest single area of expenditure, and it's best not to pre-judge other things. Maybe change to "should be well funded by the public" or something.
layout: policy
What policies should we propose to give our children a good education?
We believe that education is the keystone that makes all other longer-term strategic policies possible: improving industry and employment; the arts; scientific discovery and research; improving the overall health and well-being of society; and reducing crime. It is the policy area that can justify significant investment in recognition of the dividend that all other areas of public spending will receive 10-15 years hence.
Subsequently we recognise that education is about more than simply equipping the future workforce with relevant vocational and professional skills, but about creating a future society that is healthy, wise, and wealthy in all respects.
50% of the British public identify as having no religion, and this number is growing[^1] but over half of all state funded schools have a religious character[^2], including over 4,500 Church of England schools. It has been demonstrated that faith schools are religiously selective, excluding those of other or no faith[^3].
The OpenPolitics Manifesto
@PaulJRobinson - about 10 years ago
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