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"One Size Fits All Education System" Not Good Enough

Ruth Tarrant

18th January 2016

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The Ofsted chief, Sir Michael Wilshaw, has said that the UK's "one size fits all" education system is failing youngsters, with those who are less 'traditionally academic" being left behind by a system that fails to prepare them for the world of work.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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