Ed Bill: evolutionary rather than revolutionary?

More on the education bill, this time from civitas

'What Parliament is unanimous on however, is the fact that the Bill is unsatisfactory. Rebel Labour MPs see the Bill as potentially fostering inequality, the Conservatives see it as overly ‘timid’ and the Liberal democrats see it as ‘a missed opportunity’

But despite the hype, the promised ‘transformations’ won’t have much impact. As the BBC’s Education Correspondent Mike Baker put it this Bill is evolutionary rather than revolutionary. This description couldn’t be more apt, the reforms being exactly evolutionary in the sense that they strive to mitigate the adverse outcomes of existing education policy, rather than being revolutionary and scrapping the policies altogether. The root of the crisis in education today is that the government has stifled schools with a lethal combination of over-regulation and poor policies. If the Bill is passed, this situation will remain essentially unchanged.'

mmm... sounds like room for debate here, I shall have to ask people on the inside their views on this last statement.

The whole script is here