Who will watch the OFSTED watchmen?
February 23, 2013
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Who will watch the watchmen?
Decimus Junius Juvenal, Satires, 2nd century AD.
The rhetoric is that all OFSTED want is effective teaching and leadership;
The reality is that OFSTED still prize entertainment over effective instruction.
In 2000, the British reality TV show Big Brother jumpstarted Channel 4’s drive into the brave new millennium. Over a decade later, with thirty series so far and two annual celebrity programs, it has become increasingly detached from reality.
