The core English GCSE is to be stripped of literature " leaving nothing but grammatical correctness and straitjacket languageMichael Gove is Mr M'Choakumchild and Thomas Gradgrind personified: "What I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else." In Gove's schools, whatever might seize the imagination, give pleasure and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:01AM on November 5, 2013