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	<title>PC Pro blog &#187; Charles Clarke</title>
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		<title>Back to basics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Collins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Clarke MP (Remember him? Pointy ears, former Education Secretary, made a pig&#8217;s ear of the Home Office) has been heading up a &#8220;major Policy Commission into the needs of the education system.&#8221;
The Commission has made five recommendations. At number five on the list is &#8220;Uses of technology&#8221;, and making sure the hardware and software [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/charles-clarke-medium.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-4155" title="charles-clarke-medium" src="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/charles-clarke-medium-200x300.jpg" alt="Charles Clarke" width="200" height="300" /></a>Charles Clarke MP (Remember him? Pointy ears, former Education Secretary, made a pig&#8217;s ear of the Home Office) has been heading up a &#8220;major Policy Commission into the needs of the education system.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Commission has made five recommendations. At number five on the list is &#8220;Uses of technology&#8221;, and making sure the hardware and software used in schools in &#8220;interoperable&#8221;. Hardware and software that works together? The man&#8217;s a visionary.</p>
<p>But that pales in comparison to recommendation number two: back pain in children. &#8220;Children are generally taller now and the range of heights in any cohort is greater than in the past (BackCare, FIRA and BESA research). As a result, an increasing number of children are suffering from back pain due to unsuitable furniture.&#8221;</p>
<p>Are bigger seats for beanpoles really the second biggest priority for our schools? What about the <a title="The GCSE IT exams that beat PC Pro " href="http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/199734/the-ridiculous-gcse-ict-exam-questions-that-beat-pc-pro.html" target="_self"><strong>deplorable state of the IT GCSE exams</strong></a> for starters?</p>
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