primaryreview.org.uk.Professor Robin Alexander told a conference organised by the General Teaching Council that empowerment bridges children's well-being, primary education and rights and is 'an educational cause well worth fighting for'.
He criticised sections of the media for highlighting negative aspects of the Primary Review's 23 reports, which had 'prompted a more hostile response from the Government' than was justified by their content.
Child poverty represented one of the education system's biggest challenges, he said, as educational 'underachievement' as defined by SATs scores conformed with other inequalities in wealth, health, social mobility and risk and opportunity.
The review had heard of 'widespread concern' that many children were under 'excessive pressure' in school from 'an overcrowded curriculum, a high-stakes national testing regime' and teachers' anxiety about league tables and inspection.
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