London Evening Standard: Tories to offer alternative state education at Montessori schools

Tories to offer alternative state education at Montessori schools. London Evening standard. Tim Ross.08.07.09

Parents will be able to choose an alternative state education for their children under Conservative plans to create hundreds of schools.

Shadow children’s secretary Michael Gove today gave his backing to an expansion of state funding for Montessori and Steiner schools, which aim to educate “the whole child” instead of focusing on the three Rs.

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