The government has ordered schools not to use resources from organisations which have expressed a desire to end capitalism.
How does that sit with your socialist-backed agenda? Not very well lol.
Yeah, good.
Too right, can we also encourage comedy that is not overtly left wing please. BBC_HaveYourSay maybe have you program commissioners audit content. Tired of the Wokemob agenda.
JohnEdginton Ministry of propaganda 😡
What has that all got to do with relationships, sex and health education anyway? 🤔
Disgraceful
You mean England 🏴
Since when did the UK government have the power to tell Scottish schools what they can and cannot teach students, have another go at that 🤨
My godson's teacher put The Art of the Deal on their curriculum. He's in primary school.
Karl Marx sought refuge in London, where he died and is buried. Was the UK more tolerant and open-minded then? Are children no longer taught about the USSR and the Warsaw Pact, Vietnam, the People's Republic of China or Cuba? Strange times to gain a broad education!
This is rich coming from a government that engages in anti democratic practices - such as the internalmarketbill - and which actively uses misinformation to win votes BrexitLies
FASCISM IS ON
Think you mean England- don’t you?
hellsbells132
Could we be given examples of 'anti-capitalist' material that is now banned? Would this include, say, works by Marx?
Hello . This is only in England . Sigh.
Never in Scotland surely!
make it clear you had to change the headline: ‘Schools in England told not to use material from anti-capitalist groups’ It means they CAN use anti capitalist materials but have to be careful who produced them. I used to read the guardian. How embarrassing
21 years after devolution and you still can't differentiate between the 4 nations. Then you wonder why your readership if falling.
By UK I assume you mean English from which I deduce that schools in some parts of the UK need to teach the more basic issues of geography & history properly before bothering their pretty little heads about anti-capitalist material.
By UK, do you mean UK or England?
So where is the outrage in the Daily Mail about the government making it illegal for schools to use the New Testament and teachings of Jesus?
Is that all of the UK, or just in England? Because the two aren't the same thing, are they?
UK? You do mean England yes?
English schools
They will make another U turn. Just you wait. But be quick as there won't be a warning!
Are you doing this deliberately? Conflating ’ the UK’ with England is either sloppy journalism or sinister intent. This diktat only applies to schools in England - that hotbed of fairness and liberalism.
So, OK to use material designed to cover up a naked prophet then? (or naked Emperor? possibly exposed by a tax return...) JAFAF JustAskingForAFriend)
English schools only. Poor, poor reporting reinforcing your Anglo centric image
So... UK students are only being partially educated now? At this rate, the UK will be annexed by Portugal's economy within a couple decades. All the kids will be playing Boris boffins while the EU eats the UK brexit it not.
Dear The Guardian, please stop being so obtuse. It is very unbecoming. Yours sincerely, the non-English parts of the 'United' Kingdom
MrGunessee85 You see, now I want to use anti-capitalist material in my teaching.
English schools. Do you have any idea what devolution means? Lazy.
*English
How do you wake up in a totalitarian state? They slowly, slowly nibble away at your freedoms, until it's too late.
But the article says Ingerland. Can your journos not distin guish between UK and Ingerland?ThatsDevolved
ThatsDevolved Did you check with all governments?
pabj1 lucyworsty
This is English schools, not UK schools
Political correctness gone mad! Back in my day we had socialism coming out of ears! Engels once came into an assembly and did magic tricks for us! sad thetimestheyareachanging england engl sad
The shouldn't NEED to be told. That's just common sense. Keep politics away from school. They can learn that kind of thing at home and decide for themselves what they like politically. Then study it further at uni if they choose to do so.
vexwerewolf I’m sure the right wing free speech warriors will be out in force to stop this
The article says English Schools but this tweet says UK.
LindaEnfield Are they referring to Johnson and the current cabinet: “ to end free and fair elections; opposition to freedom of speech; the use of racist, including antisemitic, language; the endorsement of illegal activity; and a failure to condemn illegal activities.'
When did we partner with North Korea
Come on Time to get your facts right This relates only to English schools. When will you learn?
Economics classroom: Repeat after me children... 'There is one true religion. There are no others' History: The USA believed theoretically in free market capitalism, democracy and private ownership. Meanwhile the Soviet Union didn't have a view on anything particularly.
Define kids' mind by restrict what information they can get, we called that 'brainwash' in China...
Education is devolved. Schools in England have been told this.
*English schools
Obviously most people commenting here havent read the article and the headline itself is misleading. The gov has said not to use resources from organisations with extreme political stance. So organisations who are likely to have their propaganda ahead of education.
The Chartists rebellion is certainly going to be a challenge to teach
Hey you helped to get these people in power, just remember that because I'll not forget.
Wtf? UK schools should use anti-capitalist material in teaching, they should in fact use all available knowledge. This is deeply authoritarian.
The importance of understanding the differences between socialism and capitalism is fundamental in a child's education so then they make a choice to which path to follow. Politics has no place in dictating what the fundamental requirements are in a child's need for education.
The same guidance states that schools should teach against the idea of no-platforming and cancel culture as being opposed to freedom of speech... there is something internally contradictory in these guidelines.
Ummmm ThatsDevolved
Enviromentalism? We live on a planet with finite resources. If they are continually exploited to the point of exhaustion where does that leave capitalism? Is that a legitimate question?
It appears the government would have us believe that capitalism is the culmination and perfection of human civilisation. If that is what they are getting at they should say so.
A message straight from the Department of Indoctrination. So we are not supposed to criticise capitalism now? I suppose it is obviously wonderful? Am I imagining the poverty, inequality and environmental destruction?
'An Inspector Calls' was probably the way I truly got taught to think critically, in context, and the whole of English lit likely gave me a lot more skills than the rest of my GCSEs combined 🙄 We may need to relearn this in fire and blood and anguish ...
Lol that pro slavery book? Get a grip, how is it ok to be anti capitalist but pro slaves
I don’t see a nation of teachers quaking in their boots. I really don’t.
'Reading, 'Riting and 'Rithmetic: That's all the working class needs to put in a good day's work. We really mustn't encourage any Critical Thinking...' ToryDictatorship
matthabusby can you fix this please? Education has been devolved for over two decades now, this really isn't good enough from
Does this include the Bible?
Media having trouble differentiating between England and the UK again.
By 'UK schools' you mean 'England's schools' right? ThatsDevolved
Hey ThatsDevolved, do you think these intelligent journos just mean England?
This is shocking
Not only will it deter us from learning from the past. This law will obstruct our learning in the present. Just look at how socialist countries such as Vietnam have handled the pandemic.
Go on Britain. You keep entertain human beings.
ENGLISH SCHOOLS YOU LAZY CLOWNS. Education is devolved in Scotland. If they try that crap here they'll be told to piss off.
This relates to England alone. ThatsDevolved
D there for Geography and D for Modern Studies Not 🇬🇧
The UK has different education systems within the four countries
“Johnny, what caused the Russian Revolution?” “Please Miss, did one of the Romanov princes marry an African American actress?”
No 🏴. SayEngland
AFEP_EcoPo _APSES_
English, you presumably mean?
darrenjdouglas Your Headline & leader states - beyond any doubt - 'UK schools told not to use anti-capitalist material in teaching' Yet the article is all about Schools in England. Please explain. 'Schools in England told not to use anti-capitalist material in teaching'
Err ... it says UK in the tweet but England when you click
See ya later Jesus then Has anyone checked Rees-Mogg is happy with this?
What will they do with all the books?
A very familiar idea well used during the comunistic past of the Eastern socialist block. On the other hand, if not for the ideas of the Bourgeoisie, we still be in the Feudalism. You can stop people thinking, improving.
Like Geography?... Do you sub your own headlines?..
Let’s condemn all attempts to teach young people to analyze information, engage in thoughtful, discussions, or have original thoughts. It might provoke them to remove politicians who fear what they don’t understand.
Smart
The pupils aren't allowed to share crayons and coloured pencils in case they are inspired to read Karl Marx 😲. This has to be straight out of The Tory GOVErnment
No more Jesus taught in school then. Swings and roundabouts I suppose.
The Bible really doesn't belong in the schools.
Ben Jonson is out then?
Not UK schools
MunroeBergdorf Good!
Can we use pro capitalist materials ironically?
UK wide ? Are you aware of devolution ? Do u not know education is devolved or do you not care & are lazy journalists ?
Misleading headline.
Education is devolved so this doesn’t apply in Scotland.
1984 should be a core text for GCSE English
So Ayn Rand then? 🤷♂️
England's schools, and possibly those in Wales. NOT those in Scotland or Northern Ireland. Your DfE is only for England (/Wales?) Please sort out this constant misinformation. You know there is a difference. Please demonstrate that knowledge rather than show your ignorance.
Change ‘UK schools’ to ‘English schools’ please. Thank you.
*English schools
Yet another sinister example of increasing thought manipulation in the UK. This country’s deterioration is getting scary. Not just happening in the UK, of course, but till recently I’ve had some deluded comfort from the hope that at least it could never happen here.
Kids will get lots of real time practical experience of the failings of capitalism as they get older anyway.
You mean English schools, so why so coy?
‘uk schools’ - what are they matthabusby?
Capitalism must be in its deathbed if this is where we are!
*English
Well there goes literary critical theory... No more Marxist or Post-colonial criticism... Come to think of it might as well chuck out feminist, gender studies and structuralism as well for undermining the patriarchy.
Could someone stick a little post-it on every Guardian computer saying 'devolution has existed for 20 years there are different education systems outside England'? Thanks.
ThatsDevolved i believe.
Poor idea. The death of free speech and opposing viewpoints = ? ......anyone.
Torys will be sending Ian Duncan smith out as a supply teacher next.
I see no way in which this will backfire and cause children to research Marxist theory. /sarcasm
I sense this has Cummings greasy hands all over it GOVUK DofE
This is MASSIVE! How many authors/artists would be disallowed from English schools? How can we educate children to see both sides of an issue. Whilst our own gov breaks International Law? RT the hell out of this disgrace.
The Ministry if Truth no doubt.
'Yanis Varoufakis said the guidance showed 'how easy it is to lose a country, to slip surreptitiously into totalitarianism''
So schools are being told to teach children that capitalism is perfect even though it is flawed like many other ideologies. There’s something wrong here. NEUnion
There is no such thing as uk schools, or a uk education system. Scotland has it's it own education system. Get it right!!!!
I must be reading this different to everyone else, it doesn’t call for the end of teaching about other economic models, but not to use materials that teach about them in an anti-capitalist matter. My issue is that should be across the board, no anti-anything material.
Let us not teach our kids about different theories of life, but let them listen to their parent interpretation of life.
They are more than welcome to come round my house for a lesson in anti-capitalism
McCarthyism.
No Orwell, Steinbeck, The Romantics.
For goodness' sake..when will you EVER understand ENGLAND. This is English policy. For English schools. IN ENGLAND.
It also effectively closes off any “outreach” by any non-government bodies. That’s going to be a bit of a problem if, e.g. STEM ambassadors also happen to belong to, say, XR.
Does this mean that we can’t use the Magnificat or the Sermon on the Mount in RE lessons? GavinWilliamson conservatives NASUWT NAHTnews NEUnion educationgovuk
Was it capitalism when western governments bailed out a bunch of broken banks? Or was that fascism? I'm sorry I don't know, but they weren't allowed teach us such things in school.....
When will they be changing the school uniform to black shirts?
Schools in England.
ThatsDevolved
You can be absolutely certain all teachers will abide by this 100%.
Dead cat. Stop falling for this.
This is the sign of nervous rulers. I'd take heart if they obvs weren't nasty enough fucks to do us all in
Pendant ce temps au Royaume-Uni :
Another dead cat to get the media and everyone to become distracted from the Climate crisis (caused mostly by capitalism), Brexit (which the Tories think will serve their Capitalist friends just dandy) & their disastrous Covid19 Track 'n chase APP (developed by Capitalist mates!)
Who needs book burnings any more? So 20th Century.
You are not allowed to know how badly you are being screwed
An Inspector Calls to go on the bonfire, GemmaDuffin?!
How do you teach government and politics without explaining communism and students reading Marx Also it wasn't reading Marx that made me hate capitalism. It was being someone who had to work so many hours to make rent payments that I ended up disabled.
So the Bible then?
Not even an attempt to recognise devolution? Pathetic!
England has lost the plot
if this is a joke it’s a bad one
What an odd story to feature in a paper, the Guardian that is seeking capitalist support & managed by Oxbridge elitist capitalists
Well those telling us can go screw themselves.
Will you never learn that England isn't the same as UK? Is this ignorance and stupidity, or ignorance and arrogance?
trying real hard to copy Trump's homework isn't he
England is not U.K.
I hope this is fake news 🧐
The more they do this, the more students will be against capitalism. It's obvious to anyone with a brain, which evidently excludes the current batch of Tories.
I’m sure decent teachers will ignore such nonsense
So no Bible even in church schools?
Gotta love the free market!
*English schools
Capitalism is responsible for some of the greatest achievements and evils in human history...
This is bollocks
That's the Bible banned then?
What ‘anti capitalist’ things were being taught?
The officials and minister of education who ordered this step into totalitarianism should be pulled to the street by the people and made to die there.
Not in Scotland.
Better stop explaining the carbon cycle then.
darrenraven 😱
Fuck that.
The 'system' must be getting desparate if this is required....
My underpinning ed philosophy is Paulo Friere..how does this work now? Are we all meant to follow ED Hirsch?
Why is it so difficult to grasp that the Uk does not have a single education authority. This does not apply to UK schools, it applies to English schools.
Now look who’s pulling down statues...
Capitalism or sustainable planet 🤷 can’t sell people crap they don’t need it they’re dead.
DEAR ENGLAND'S SCHOOLS. NOT UK WIDE.
so that's literature, history, economics, and RE sunk.
So what is it? UK schools or schools in England?
west: 'did you know that there's a day in north korea when if you smile you can be sentenced to that?' also west:
Everyone should use anti capitalist teaching
What are they going to do with all those New Testaments?
Not UK schools. England only. Education is devolved to Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland. It's been devolved for 20 years. You'd think by now a serious publication would have grasped this ThatsDevolved
so that's of mice and men not being taught or Oliver twist or Christmas carol or 1984 or globalisation in geography as a topic but its the left that wants censorship
How many authors, artists, musicians etc does this include?
Sociology will be interesting without Marx
Ooh, look over there, another squirrel!
English Schools
mfs getting rid of dickens, orwell, and the god damn lego movie
Nice! Don't educate the next generation about the failings of capitalism because educated young people overwhelmingly vote labour. Anything to preserve the 1000 year tory reich. Supressing politics from education is in itself political.
Honestly can they not use conservative material? That stuff is far more harmful......
Dickens? Orwell?
This is worded so that it can be circumvented pretty easily, but also so that it can be enforce extremely broadly. That’s the best sort of law, if one wants to quash things.
So we are not about presenting a balanced view of all philosophies any more then?
1984
What’s next? Use “Mein Kampf”?
Oh dear. This, from my soon to be published book on fishing...
I don't recall seeing anything about this in the guidance for the new Welsh curriculum. I suspect that you are, once again, confusing England and the UK.
Why refer to UK schools in the tweet even though the article's headline refers to England? Thatsdevolved
I'm hearing your comments section are all being treated for priapisms
This will be interesting when teaching anything linked to Marxism in Sociology 😂
Seems there is a cancel culture after all, but in the Department of Education. What next? Mandatory ‘The Empire was a bed of roses’ module?
This just reflects the incredible shallowness and ignorance of policymakers right now. They obviously have no clue what this implies for perfectly ordinary things taught in all schools.
Free speech guys so important guys yes
Guardian news outlet the finest bastion of socialist dogma
how's alevel politics gonna work then boris 🥴
Well, the world is drifting to socialism at last.
Anyone who agrees to this shouldn't use anything thats not capitalist (I.e socialist NHS since its so evil)
If the students are intelligent then all education about capitalism would be anti-capitalism
Given that this seem to end free speech, by the very same piece of ill judged guidance, it should itself be banned.
UK schools? ThatsDevolved, FFS.
When are you going to know the difference between ‘UK’ and England? Article clearly headed as referring to England, which ( in case ylu don’t knw) doesn’t include Wales🏴, Scotland🏴
So no inspector calls?
bet all the “anti-pc, free speech supporters” will be silent
That’s sociology out the window. Why would you want kids to think critically about society though, eh?
Good, and they shouldn’t use anti-socialist material either. They should present information and let students debate and draw their conclusions.
A friend's new curriculum in English she has put together: Totalitarianism in Y7(Boy in Striped PJs), move on to abuse of power in Y8, Inequality (choice of Animal Farm, Lord of the Flies, OMAM and Mockingbird) in Y9, An I Calls in Y10 and Handmaid A level.Take that.
Capitalist realism in overdrive.
This is despicable, just more fascism bleeding out of this government
Interesting that this conversation is happening in the US, too. Almost like this is a coordinated effort.
Because prohibiting reading material has always been an effective way to get people to read it, I’m looking forward to 16 year olds reading Das Capital.
Huge parts of history wiped out with this, gonna teach that the uk was great in Ireland? How you gonna teach the fall of hitler? Whitewashing of history this
? 2020 the new 1984 - oh wait...
RIP Lord or the Flies
Oh England...
Insane - what is going on
Preparing us all for the future total take over of our democracy by big corporates?
So the Bible is right out then?
Yay! We're catching up to America on the fascism front!
I guse the work of Charles Dickens is no longer allowed in School
Hmm. But Marxism is on the GSCE Sociology curriculum no?
Why? Don’t it’s supporters think it is defendable?
There goes Dickens.
So much for the “free marketplace of ideas”
Well, we do not tolerate fascists in schools, that is a food idea. We shouldn’t tolerate communists either. Maybe those far left teachers should go like the far right ones
English schools..... Devolution has been in place for over two decades.
Way Tyler Peterloo Jarrow Marches General Strike Miners Strike .........
When is the burning of books? This government is completely beyond its remit!
But keep teaching them capitalism is great. One use plastics are great. Facebook, Coca-Cola etc is healthy. We are now at a point where action MUST be taken.
Just as well we discuss this stuff at home then isn't it? Or is that going to be banned as well educationgovuk?
Someone who's smarter than me can add to this list but pretty sure schools in UK (sans Scotland) could no longer teach: Civil Rights movements inc BLM (UK and US) LGBTQ+ rights Suffragettes MLK Jr Gandhi Trade Union movement
Well I can think that anything produced by this government is out, since it aims to overthrow democracy.
disgusting
I though An Inspector Calls was a set text?
Where exactly did you think things were headed once you took the persecution of journalists and whistleblowers lying down? FreeAssange
Breaking: UK schools told to ignore the faulty system that is driving Climate Change
This is one area where we are happy to provide home education.
ALL UK schools
Classics such as Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, An Inspector Calls fall into this category. If the Govt - just for once - trusted teachers, they would realise that teachers use history to teach critical thinking NOT stoke propaganda. 🙄
they are not really keen on the teaching of modern history, or politics, because they are not interested in educating confident, informed citizens. more proof that the government is made up of extreme right fanatics.
soozywooozy So, presumably Mein Kampf is still part of the curriculum.
BloxUK_DfE this is a dumb idea. If you don’t explore communism in the classroom, and examine the evidence we have objectively, a whole generation of kids will find it on the internet and think it’s a great way to rebel.🤦🏽♀️
What?
It’s called striking a balance.
United Kindergarten
Capitalism as its being practiced now is extremism. This is another ploy to label Labour Party as anti capitalist, promoter of socialism and antisemitism. The Tory led government is extreme is all their political stance and decision making. It’s Tory govt that should be unseat.
Very naive of Boris's UK gov to think that kids of digital/ internet era dominated by highly politicised social media machinery can be moulded into any specific ideology by means of a printed syllabus.....So what's next? Great west capitalist firewall on the lines of China?
About time!!! Who do you think was paying for children’s education all this time?
RaeSnape I'm sure they will find room for it!
Terrilltf So that end of days arrives quicker...
RaeSnape If I were still teaching, I’d produce a list of banned texts and tell kids these are the ones you are not to read.
SUSANBR47706704 The journey to autocracy and eventually fascism is a sequence of small steps. Look at today’s news about Turkeys Government under Erdogen! 🤔😡🕷
::EYYYEEEROOOLLLLL::::
This is to do with the new RSHE curriculum not generally!
This is how Fascism begins.
Well that's An Inspector Calls in trouble then! 😂
What
alexjamesEdu
‘An Inspector Calls’ written by JB Priestly is clearly an anti- capitalist text. It is on the Literature curriculum? Also ‘A Christmas Carol’ by the Titan Dickens? ‘God bless us everyone’ ! MrsSpalding PiXLEnglish tes AnnMroz jon_severs Penny_Ten thosethatcan
Is swardley maps included in the black list ?
Another poorly thought step that will never be implemented .... shoot first, think after. Bojo was fired once for this behavior ... hopefully next time people can vote we can double down on it
You betrayed Julian Assange Youre a good part of the reason that Julian's in jail Please stand up and support him If you dont, when the next major war happens, which could go nuclear, do consider yourselves responsible All Evidence anyone needs:
Capitalism wants re-writing history in its own terms, so it shows itself as the good ones whereas comunism is synonym of hunger and poverty.
Your article is about schools in ENGLAND. Once more for those at the back of the class in the Guardian - ENGLAND does not = UK.
If you se anti capitalism you must live in China, north corea , Vietnam go to live in A bloody communist dictatorship country
High time education was monitored for wholeness
soozywooozy Doesn't the Tories intention to break international law make them an organisation that is trying to undermine democracy?
Capitalism is not the global economics for the majority of the world. Why deprive students of learning global economies. Obviously, UK won't have any positions in the World Bank or IMF.
I'm an investor and a hardcore capitalist and communism should be taught in classes. It is an economic ideology not a political doctrine. The idea of censoring something because you don't agree with it is tyrannical.
🤔 Interesting. Does this also apply to not using anti-socialist material in teaching?
I work in a Catholic School. Does this mean we can't teach about Christ removing traders and merchants from the temple?
Good
Next!
Nope. Education devolved in Scotland.
If schools are to reject material produced by extreme political organisations, then I expect them to reject all that is prescribed by this Tory government, including this instruction from the DfE. Any logicians out there who wish to argue the point? Endlessly. :-)
Sorry to say but capitalism is poverty and humiliation for many people nations
The Teaching profession needs to nip this in the bud and respond. They'll be stopping science teachers from teaching about viruses next.
Fudamentalism
burdish Your rag will be safe then.
Ain’t a socialist country on earth, that doesn’t depend on capitalism.
This has echoes of the Thatcher government's Clause 28.
Fascism gains another foothold.
This is just pure crap🔃🔄🔁. Mkkk J yo
Capitalism is a bad system. Maybe we should take children out of capitalist schools and educate them about community and wellbeing instead of greed.
What passes exams at school level is not one’s opinion of something but the understanding of it.
English schools? The English parliament is not a legitimate union parliament.
Good.
No more teaching about Jesus clearing out the money changers from the temple then? And it will be illegal to teach about forms and ways of faith that favour democratic socialism over unchecked capitalism?
The headline is wrong. DfE does not have jurisdiction across the UK, so 'UK schools' is incorrect.
Except that only applies to England ThatsDevolved
If the last 4 years are a measure of the general knowledge of the uk public. Sociology incorporated with all political ideology’s,and critical thinking are a must for any education reform. The proof of how ignorant to many issues this country, is obvious for all to see.
You mean English schools.
As usual you think England means UK. Call yourselves journalists pfft!
That's the English Literature Syllabus buggered for starters.
That’s going to make teaching about the Russian revolution a bit tricky.
Keeping ppl. ignorant becomes a very useful weapon for totalitarian/authoritarian/dictatorial governments. It was the Industrial Revolution in Europe what motivated Marx to write The Capital, describing how capitalism and the proletariat interacted. Ppl. deserve to know.
Wow 😮 no more Orwell, mores the shame.
We don't teach 'anti-Capitalism', or 'anti/pro' anything. We teach what capitalism, communism and fascism are as political/economic concepts and how others have used them - from Castro and Mussolini to Atlee and Thatcher. History is interpretation derived from facts.
Capitalism is fine. As is Islam. Extreme capitalism is not as neither Islamic extremism.
Quite right if they also ban anti socialist and all other political propaganda. Let young people grow up and form opinions based on their own experiences and developing moral consciousness.
PMPennywise & rottonCabal .. Teach only our Truth .. oh and omit any inconvenient bits around child/exploited labor in the developing world .... try and regress your religious/moral education to only allow teaching of the one view held by the Plutocracy and see how ya get on.
Gonna be hard to teach economics. Literally seeing workers be twice as productive with stagnant wages while there was exponential growth for the companies, for decades and a housing bubble that made housing unaffordable for those workers, was almost all I needed to know.
Education up until the age of 18 should be free of political bias and completely free of religion. Children will usually be influenced by their parents so there is no need to reinforce any anti xyz or pro ABC at school. If a teacher wants to be a politician then go be one
Sanyeh1 So it continues....
I read this as 'US schools...' and thought - gosh, Trump is getting even worse. And then double-took. Aaargh.
What subject does this even apply to? I never had any lessons on any kind of socio-economic systems.
Good
The Tories think that this is the way to secure the next election... I guess that’s The Communist Manifesto off the reading list for Politics and Humanities...
Easier said than done but should be teaching everyone all the political philosophies
😂😂😂 Rango1917
Real Alternatives not just superficial criticisms to capitalism anyone? How about we make it work better? Just saying...
WTAF! Worried they might not be able to brainwash us through the media, they now want the brainwashing to start in school? fuckthetories
So no history or literature, then?
Brain washed by the BBC now indoctrinated in schools and there is me with the bald face cheek to criticise Islamic brain washing !
toadmeister FSFP you must be furious about this blatant attempt at government interference in free speech?
Oh dear, we are now being told how and what to think? Big Brother is with us!
Yet AGAIN the guardian ignoring devolution.
momodellacasa
So ignore crucial material from WWII, for example?
George Orwell is rolling in his grave
We need a different type of capitalism, one built around planetary husbandry, or we are finished later this century as a species
educationgovuk fuck right off
Ah yes, have underpaid overworked underappreciated teachers telling the wee ones who wonderful capitalism is before the bell rings and the teachers have to rush off to their second job.
? ? ?
Going to school 30 hours a week enforced by law to be taught mostly irrelevant government-approved curriculum in massive classrooms by overworked teachers in the cheapest and most boring way possible is normal. Questioning it is extreme. Right.
Isn't one goal of Brexit to hinder international capitalism by limiting access to European markets? What am I missing?
The problem for the department for education, is that by opposing freedom of speech in education, they are themselves an extremist organisation according to their own guidelines!
Does Bojo not see the chaos in America? Or is that his desired outcome? The total collapse of the UK?
Wouldn't be surprised if plans to overhaul the national curriculum is in the offing. Just like Trump's education strategy for America.
I am shocked, disgusted and deeply angered by this. This is not an endorsement of “free speech” it is a disgusting censorship of basic anti capitalist ideas - doing this will severely limit the education of this countries children and stifle political progress
So is this the end of the New Testaments in Theology lessons?
Going to school 30 hours a week enforced by law to be taught mostly irrelevant government-approved curriculum in massive classrooms by overworked teachers in the cheapest and most boring way possible is normal. Teaching about other political ideologies is extreme. Right.
So where do I stand on tomorrow's lesson on An Inspector Calls?
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That's Charles Dickens cancelled then
The Big Brother is watching - and teaching you
Do they mean 'Facts' and 'History'...?
So where are the internet's Free Speech Warriors today
Neo-liberal instigators Thatcher and Reagan to be removed are they?
'the endorsement of illegal activity' So that's anything by Conservatives party then.
Of course they are.
English schools. Let's make that very clear
The suppression of ideas, knowledge and truth. Any SLT that follows this political directive, needs to hand over the keys and walk away.
BLM manifesto out the window then..
L O L
I hope it's not ok to use anti-China materials as well.
It seems an extreme political view that capitalism can only be a good thing.
What does this even mean
Upset because Marxism glories in its history of allowing freedom of speech and democracy for all? As opposed to jailing/killing dissenters, taking away freedoms and being totalitarian - that’s for those evil democrats and liberals.
About time. I expect this included BLM who want to overthrow capitalism and defund the police. Our kids need to be taught and not have ideologies imposed on them.
Because Marxism glories in it history of allowing freedom of speech and democracy for all. As opposed to jailing/killing dissenters, taking away freedoms and being totalitarian - that’s all for those democrats and liberals.
Just say no.
George Carlin 🗣️ 'they don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking.... 🍿🎞️
Is this England again, as I believe education is devolved?
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It is difficult to tell which of the two, capitalism and communism, is better for a country to adopt. But communism with Chinese characteristics is for sure to have succeeded because China's economy has been strengthening for several times, with people leading a better life.
Curious to what extent this would include Environment science that says capitalism is causing the environmental crisis
The Government can put forward anything they like it doesn’t mean it’ll be followed. They’d be better off teaching the reality of Communism and putting The Gulag Archipelago on reading lists. I’ve never had a single issue with schools, some people do.
Like that statement then 👎
In order to have informed opinions we need to hear all the arguments. This is first order authoritarian claptrap.
It's not about interfering in education to stop students learning anti-capitalist views, the literal first line of the article is: 'The government has ordered schools not to use resources from organisations which have expressed a desire to end capitalism.' Bit of a difference
Being reminded of a long standing law should not exactly be a major headline. Perhaps the fact that schools need reminding is newsworthy
By UK schools, I think you mean England & Wales
Another example now present in many countries where schools may not teach anything that the government disapproves.
What?! Capitalism is what is destroying the world. Greed is the root of all evil.
So much for free speech
Doubt it'll be policed though tbh.
Literal censorship 😂 joke of a country.
Going to make teaching about history of communism tricky.
England only. Please stop making the same mistake again and again.
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Teachers can educate by 'stealth'....
In books, or on teacher attire?
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'The government has ordered schools not to use resources from organisations which have expressed a desire to end capitalism.' 'and equated it with opposition to freedom of speech' 🤔
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Political freedom advocates? Freedom of speech advocates? Anyone...?
Racist is gold though.
This is a good start. We also need mandatory education the things that happened in the Ukraine on the 30s and about the Great Leap Forward in China. Marxism can sound good, but it’s based on a simplistic understanding of human nature and leads to a breakdown in productivity
It doesn't say that at all. It says that schools should not use MATERIAL produced by ORGANISATIONS with a stated intent to overthrow capitalism. That's QUITE different from your claim.
DfE advice does not apply in Scotland.
Ministry for Truth has spoken.
Unsure how anyone will be able to teach Soviet history?
The seas of change are coming…
What?
Uh what?
Does that rule out teaching The Great Gatsby? 🙄
Splendid! Hopefully we can come full about and start teaching anti-socialist material. Anything that tells the truth about socialism should do.
Does that rule out teaching The Great Gatsby? 🙄
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