Bad News Cycle...

Judge Judy would
have fitted right in.Every so often, when I was a teacher, a new Government initiative would be introduced. We'd sit in a meeting as the Head, or whichever senior staff member had been given the task, gamely trumpeted the exciting new ways in which we were going to raise attainment and be better at our jobs. Without fail, the older teachers would roll their eyes. 'This is just XXX with a new name'. Or, 'I remember the eighties when they called this XXX.' Insert your abandoned ed...