Budget cuts and music

[Dave2002]

And it's not just Music - funding cuts mean that staff from many subject areas are being reduced; mostly the "Creative"/Expressive areas, but even English & Maths Departments are having staffing reductions, with increased Exam. class sizes, and extra teaching commitments shared between the remaining teachers. As with Hospitals, there is a very real danger of a funding/staff shortage linked catastrophe looming in our state schools.

Absolutely. We can question the reallocation of funds - possibly other subject areas are - in context - in greater need, but the fact is that in many schools there is insufficient funding.

I assume also that was what Mr GG meant when he said "we" voted for that, though I personally definitely did not.

[MrGongGong]

I think the word vocational became much more widely used after NVQs (National Vocational Qualifications) were introduced back in the 1980s. I see this as the beginning of the academic-vocational division as it is today.

Indeed, I think that is right
and I wasn't intending another long discussion of linguistics more that the "academic-vocational division" is fundamental to the problem.

I assume also that was what Mr GG meant when he said "we" voted for that, though I personally definitely did not.

Nor me

But obviously many did, or thought that music education was less important than the "rights" of the super rich to have more money