Getting to grips with learning inside and out | Letters

Michael Bassey calls for a national education council, Tom Wylie says educational youth work needs reviving, Chris Johnson says outdoor provision for young people of school age is less rosy, and Geoff Marshall says the best teaching is learning from children

Tim Brighouse is right (Time for a new Butler act for the 21st century, 3 April). Of the five important issues he identifies, the most significant is that “Ministers exercise too much power and too little judgment”.

A national education council is needed which can variously advise parliament, government, local authorities, academy trusts, schools, academies, teachers, governors, parents, professional bodies and the general public (with membership from these constituencies) on significant issues in educational practice and the relationship between education and future society.

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