Michel Wlishaw is getting all hot under the collar about a difference of opinion.
Sir Michael told the Sunday Times he suspected the think tanks were being “informed by the Department for Education”, “possibly” Mr Gove’s special advisers, and he was “displeased, shocked and outraged”.
“I am spitting blood over this and I want it to stop,” he said.
Asked whether he wanted Mr Gove to call off the “attack dogs”, the newspaper reported, he replied: “Absolutely.”
Hmmm, so what has been said that is so outrageous?
The Times on Friday reported that Policy Exchange – which was set up by the education secretary – and Civitas were preparing to call for a radical overhaul of the Ofsted inspection regime, claiming it was trapped by 1960s “progressive” approaches to learning.
It said Civitas would say Mr Gove’s wish for schools to develop their own approaches to teaching was being held back by child-first orthodoxies among inspectors, who were stifling innovation.
Absolutely typical of the liberal left apparatchiks:- “Only my opinions are meaningful and anyone who disagrees is wrong and must therefore be silenced”.
Away with them all!
‘Suspected’, ‘possibly’, ‘preparing to’; so ‘I am spitting blood over this’ is essentially Wilshaw’s reaction to a speculation wrapped in a conjecture inside a supposition and heavily tinged with political bias.
And this is the man with the power to make or break careers in the classroom; you may not be able to take him seriously, but spare a thought for teachers who, whatever their opinion of modern orthodoxy, must pass the scrutiny of his minions.
Oh, I do – I have a sister who has to endure their crap.