Scottish educationalists have always looked to England and English education. We look for whatever is best in the English system and seek to avoid its occasional errors.
Recently, we have watched much that emanates from the English Department for Education with trepidation, especially if it directly articulates the perspective of Mr Gove.
Not in this column, not this week. Michael Gove has taken a vital step which Scotland’s Michael Russell should follow.
In the light of controversies over the teaching of creationism in certain English free schools and academies, the Department for Education has been clear: “The requirement on every academy and free school to provide a broad and balanced curriculum ... prevents the teaching of creationism as evidence-based theory in any academy or free school.”
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