/taxonomy/term/353 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en /features-october-13-the-blob-has-run-schools-for-decades-not-any-more <p><b>Author:</b>Matthew Hunter</p><p style="text-align: justify"> Science fiction: Sir Chris Woodhead warned Gove to beware the Blob</p><p style="text-align: justify">This June, David Aaronovitch interviewed Michael Gove at the Wellington College Festival of Education. To begin the interview, Aaronovitch asked Gove why he was encountering so much opposition from within the profession. In education, Gove replied, there are progressive viewpoints and there are traditionalist viewpoints. The education establishment clings to the former, and he wants to move schools towards the latter. </p><p><a href="/features-october-13-the-blob-has-run-schools-for-decades-not-any-more"><span>read more</span></a></p> /features-october-13-the-blob-has-run-schools-for-decades-not-any-more#comments Education Features Free schools Michael Gove Sir Chris Woodhead Teaching Unions Tue, 24 Sep 2013 11:04:51 +0100 Oliver Wiseman 5197 at http://standpointmag.co.uk