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No DT1, Grammars have been destroyed by left wing political dogma driven by the left wing educational establishment. It was sheer vandalism and has led to an overall deterioration in educational standards, as most employers will testify. When Mrs T was education secretary in the early 70's even she was unable to stem the tide against them and education was one area her Government in the 80's failed and did not reform.
In more recent years we have seen a reversal of many of these left driven teaching practices reversed, for instance a welcome return to streaming, or 'setting' in the modern parlance and, of course, competition coming back to school sports as examples. So far Grammars have not been reintroduced in areas where they have none, but I am sure that will also change eventually, whatever is said politically.
Even where we still have Grammars schools, they have not been immune to backward and dogmatic educationalists with policies leading to a leveling down not up. Lets be clear that there is a great deal of excellent education going on in all types of school, Grammar and Secondary Modern, often against the odds and despite political interference. But, lets face it, compare the old O Level exams with todays GCSE, that says it all about reduced expectations.
Getting back to more specialist schools will happen, that includes Grammars selecting by academic ability, indeed it is creeping back in... under other guises and this will accelerate over time.
