2009/3/28 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>om>:
2009/3/28 Carcharoth
<carcharothwp(a)googlemail.com>om>:
> Not sure such bodies are accountable (at least not
in the UK).
> Definitely not elected in the UK.
The UK National Curriculum is determined by
parliament, I believe -
definitely an elected body.
(I believe it's the English National Curriculum, not a UK-wide thing.)
It may also be worth pointing out that the Schools Wikipedia, compiled
to the National Curriculum, is proving vastly popular with teachers
around the world. And, remember, it was created not as an attempt at a
Wikipedia-on-DVD, but as a practical workaday encyclopedia for SOS
Children's Villages to use in their own schools.
So if it's not up to scratch as an encyclopedia to use with the
National Curriculum, saying "don't use it" is unlikely to fix the
situation - instead, the most effective approach would be to make it
better and fix problems.
- d.