Campaign for Real Education
AbbreviationCRE
Formation1987
Legal statusNon-profit organisation
PurposeEducational standards and parental choice in the UK
Location
Region served
UK
Chairman
Chris McGovern
WebsiteCRE

The Campaign for Real Education (CRE) is a right-wing[1][2][3] pressure group and non-profit organisation in the United Kingdom that advocates for traditional education, greater parental choice in schooling, and less state regulation of subjects that children study.[2][4][5]

History

The CRE was established in 1987 by a group of 14 parents and teachers,[6] although it was effectively a one-man organisation led by Nick Seaton, who ran it from a bedroom in his home near York.[7] It gained national attention after intervening in a dispute at Lewes Priory School over whether pupils should sit O Levels or GCSEs. Two teachers who pressed for students to sit the O Level were redeployed,[8] with one of them, Chris McGovern, later becoming a headteacher in the independent sector and the CRE's chairman.[7]

Aims

The group campaigns to "press for higher standards and more parental choice in state education."[9] It opposes the teaching of sociology and politics.[1][10] It has been critical of anti-racism and anti-sexism campaigns.[10][1] In 2021, the group said a mock trial held by Welsh schoolchildren about a Conservative MP's ancestral links to the slave trade was "brainwashing".[11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Roberta S. Sigel, Marilyn B. Hoskin (2013) Education for Democratic Citizenship: A Challenge for Multi-ethnic Societies, Routledge, p41
  2. 1 2 Dictionary of British Education, Peter Gordon and Denis Lawton (2004) Routledge, p34
  3. ↑ Denis Lawton (2003) Education And Politics For The 1990s: Conflict Or Consensus? p63
  4. ↑ Brazell, Emma (25 October 2021). "Trigger warnings put on classic children's books at Cambridge University". Metro. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. ↑ Bennett, Rosemary (11 February 2019). "Going out on strike against climate change will do pupils good, says National Association of Head Teachers union". Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "About Us" Campaign for Real Education
  7. 1 2 "Obituary – Nick Seaton, 1936–2012" Times Educational Supplement, London. 4 January 2013
  8. ↑ "Teacher Redeployment, East Sussex (Hansard, 21 July 1989)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  9. ↑ School heads in Perthshire told to stop punishing badly behaved pupils The Courier, 21 May 2016
  10. 1 2 Sally Tomlinson (2014) The Politics of Race, Class and Special Education: The selected works of Sally Tomlinson p108
  11. ↑ "Schoolchildren hold mock trial of MP Richard Drax over ancestral slavery links". The Times. 22 September 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.