Arts alive, Gove is gone
mainThe increasingly hysterical Education Secretary has been moved in David Cameron’s reshuffle to become chief whip of an increasingly hysterical House of Commons. This might be a good moment to begin a proper conversation about arts education.
What sort of “arts education” can we expect in a country which scores 23rd, 26th and 21st respectively in Reading, Maths and Science?
What sort of arts can we afford with the economic performance that such rankings produce?