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"I Know Best" - Nicky Morgan Tells Everyone #LetKidsBKids #NickyMorgan #SATS #ukeducation #KidsStrike3rdMay

“Just Do What I Fucking Say”, Nicky Morgan, Yesterday. Image Courtesy of Policy Exchange, Under the CC BY2.0 License. Modified facial features.

After many parents decided to take their children out of school to protest over the Primary School tests –  and a further 40,000 signed a petition expressing concern about over-testing in the UK – Nicky Morgan and the Department of Education couldn’t give…

I wholeheartedly support the children, parents, carers and teachers who are striking over the SATs tests today. Young children should not feel the stresses they have been put under over a school test.

School is stressful and hard, particularly as you get older. For young children it should be a place of discovery and learning. School should encourage and excite children. Not worry and upset them.