| School reforms are always a hot topic when it comes | | | | languages such as Polish and Urdu are becoming |
| to government proposals and even PTA meetings. | | | | more prominent. |
| Obviously the majority of parents have their children's | | | | Schools are now more than ever being geared |
| education as one of their top priorities as they want | | | | toward providing children with life skills that will assist |
| the best for their children in and after school. As a | | | | them after school. Money Management classes (like |
| result government proposals are often being made to | | | | those seen in the Bank of Scotland adverts) are |
| change the education system in Britain in an effort to | | | | becoming more popular as they seek to teach children |
| make it better. This results in a lot of proposals being | | | | to learn how to budget and handle money when they |
| thrown into the mix as education from early primary to | | | | reach employment. These classes are backed up by |
| graduation undergo alterations. As they say, "the times, | | | | the introduction of career advice and advice on gaining |
| they are a changin". | | | | employment. These career advice classes are being |
| The key factor in changing childhood education is | | | | touted to even primary schoolchildren. In addition to this |
| society. As society changes so do the ways we | | | | there are proposals to expand IT classes. |
| educate our children in order to integrate them into it | | | | While not everyone agrees with these changes it is |
| successfully as adults. At the moment one of the | | | | important to remember that schools have been |
| biggest topics relates to British Citizenship. With the | | | | reforming and changing for decades to fit with the |
| growth of the EU and an influx of immigrants from | | | | changing society. The only constant seem to be that |
| countries such as Poland and Romania the shape of | | | | there will always be a need for essential equipment |
| British culture is changing. | | | | such as classroom furniture as educational supplies. |
| As a result Citizenship classes are springing up in | | | | They are, after all, the staple diet of any educational |
| schools to provide even very young children with | | | | establishment. |
| education on being British and assist in the integration | | | | Either way, it will be interesting to see how educational |
| of foreign nationals. Another change that this shift in | | | | reforms affect the way society progresses in the |
| culture is causing is the change of languages taught in | | | | years to come. |
| school. While French and German remain, other | | | | |