If teachers should not hold dominion over children, then, taken to its logical conclusion, surely parents should be prohibited from making decisions on behalf of their kids, too.
Ministers ought to be insistent that children deserve an education that will allow them to fulfil their potential.
The news is just the latest retreat on a controversial policy.
Bullying can also involve the convolutions of the internet – fake accounts, mobile phones, texting and the dark web.
I’m delighted to announce that the Pearson and AQA exam boards have agreed to continue providing the foreign languages they were offering.
Managing the controversial White Paper through into action is a formidable task for the woman who is mulling a future crack at the leadership.
In no place has the assault on masculinity been more prevalent, more zealously pursued and more enthusiastically executed, than in our schools.
We are united by our belief in individual freedom, social and personal responsibility and our passion to see everyone have the opportunity to achieve their potential.
The Government has gone a step forward – but then half a step back.
We need to think very carefully about how parents and the wider community can continue involvement in the life of a school when it has transferred to a MAT.
We want to enable academies to move from a model where parents are chosen for their expertise.
This policy refuses to recognise local choice, is supported by a poor evidence base, and proposes large-scale upheaval for uncertain gain.
Universalisation may or may not be a good idea, but either way the Government cannot afford another blue-on-blue battleground at this sensitive time.
The Budget ducked the hard choices that need to be made.
Last year, there were over 10,000 fewer A-levels being taken in languages than were taken at the end of the 1990s.