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Article: Cabinet councillor for children and young people talks of education plans for future
- Article from:
- Evening Post (Bristol UK)
- Article date:
- July 3, 2009
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A s she is a retired maths teacher, it is perhaps not surprising
that cabinet councillor Clare Campion-Smith cites a focus on
literacy and numeracy as one of her priorities for improving
education in Bristol.
She recognises that while she has to consider the overall picture
for nearly 100,000 children and young people in the city, it is
important not to lose sight of the basics.
"We must concentrate on English and maths right through any young
person's education," she says. "If we monitor and track their
progress properly, we can see when things start to go wrong and do
something about it.