Michael Gove quotes - page 2

I think more and more respect has been accorded to teachers, and quite rightly so. (Michael Gove)
One of the problems we have is children are not in school long enough in the day and during the year. View quote
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I love my parents in the way most children would: for having been there at every point in my youth and childhood, ready to pick me up when I fell and support me when I stumbled. View quote
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Adopting means opening your home, and heart, to a life you've never known. But there is nothing as richly rewarding as being an adoptive parent. View quote
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I have a different starting premise from those 100 academics who are so heavily invested in the regime of low expectations and narrow horizons which they have created. View quote
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Proper history teaching is being crushed under the weight of play-based pedagogy which infantilises children, teachers and our culture. View quote
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The accumulation of cultural capital - the acquisition of knowledge - is the key to social mobility. View quote
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In this fallen world, I suspect we will never achieve perfection. But that won't stop me trying. View quote
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Ever since going up to university, I have accumulated new debt, and new means of becoming indebted. View quote
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It's often the case that successful people invite criticism. View quote
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A coalition with Tories and Liberal Democrats together is a golden opportunity to create the sort of planning reform that means not only can we have more environmentally sensitive planning, but we can have more homes and more schools. (Michael Gove)
Children themselves know they are being cheated. Ultimately we owe it to our children. They are in school for 190 days a year. Every moment they spend learning is precious. If a year goes by and they are not being stretched and excited, that blights their life. View quote
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The current leadership of the Labor party react to the idea that working-class students might study the subjects they studied with the same horror that the Earl of Grantham showed when a chauffeur wanted to marry his daughter. View quote
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Many more schools can be outstanding. View quote
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The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing. View quote
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I'm a decentralizer. I believe in trusting professionals. View quote
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You know, you don't see hospital consultants going on strike, and I don't believe that teachers and headteachers should. It's within their rights, it's a civil right, but I think it is wrong in terms of the reputation of the profession. View quote
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Teachers themselves know if there's a colleague who can't keep control or keep the interest of their class, it affects the whole school. View quote
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You come home to find your 17-year-old daughter engrossed in a book. Which would delight you more - if it were 'Twilight' or 'Middlemarch?' View quote
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One of the problems we've had is that the ICT curriculum in the past has been written for a subject that is changing all the time. I think that what we should have is computer science in the future - and how it fits in to the curriculum is something we need to be talking to scientists, to experts in coding and to young people about. View quote
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When I talk to teachers they tell me the things they'd most like from any government are a reduction in bureaucracy, support to help ensure good discipline and a reformed Ofsted. (Michael Gove)
I think it's appropriate that we simplify, clarify and strengthen, so instead of this nebulousness, we have clarity and authority invested in teachers once more. View quote
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