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Schools Matter: A multiple choice quiz with only one question

Schools Matter: A multiple choice quiz with only one question:


A multiple choice quiz with only one question

Who said this?

"... the revolution in business ... will, over time, take place in education, too. We will move away from a system that assumes every child of a particular age moves at the same pace in every subject, and develop a system directed to the particular talents and interests of every pupil."

(a) John Dewey
(b) Susan Ohanian
(c) Tony Blair
(d) Robert Reich

The answer is (c), Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the UK, 1997-2007. According to Roland Meighan (http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=305041), it was quoted by Michael Barber in the Guardian,