Jordan Rolph
April 4, 2011
9: 40 p.m.
Britain is opening up a “free” school (similar to a US charter school) this coming fall. The school is called the Rainbow Primary School in Bradford and is going to introduce a tougher curriculum, a week-long summer school, occasional half-days on Saturdays, and regular testing. The school is looking to fill a gap in the area where primary schools are failing. Parents are looking to send their children there because the primary schools are not run well and the Rainbow school is of no cost and promises small class sizes, no larger than 25 students. A science teacher, Sajjad Hussain, is also looking to open up a secondary school in addition to the Rainbow one. Though not everyone is happy about these two new schools opening because some feel it’ll have a negative impact on the community. Ralph Berry, chairman of children’s services in Bradford feels the new schools will damage community cohesion. Also some feel the money being put into these new schools would be better spent on the extant on primary schools. People mainly feel the new schools are unnecessary and that the existing schools are “outstanding.”
People are always afraid of change. This article gives a perfect example of how education brings change to the community and society. An educated society and an uneducated society are two different worlds and are easy to distinguish. The people in the Bradford community are afraid of what the Rainbow school will bring and maybe even achieve. If the Rainbow school goes on to do the curriculum they plan to do, society and the children’s education level will go up drastically. Some would see this as a good and brilliant change but others may be scared. I think the Rainbow school sounds like it’s going to help the people in Bradford and maybe bring some change to the world of education in general.
http://www.educationnews.org/global/153012.html
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