A move back to basics will be a standard requirement of the curriculum
Support those educational approaches that work and either fix or end those that have failed
An educational system that teaches children how to think and how to succeed
An educational system that teaches our children right from wrong, one that teaches them respect, and decency

Increase the Operations Grant by 10%
Complete the Staffing Review Group recommendations and then begin a programme of reducing pupil to teacher ratios in years 1-8
Encourage partnerships between high and low-decile schools for their mutual benefit
Incorporate environmental education into the core curriculum at all levels

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Set clear national standards in reading, writing, and maths
Require primary schools to use assessment programmes that compare the progress of their students with others across the country
Give parents the right to see all assessment information, and get regular reports about their child’s progress

Reformulate the decile funding component to lift the amounts available to those in decile 3-10 schools
Promote a programme of 'values' education in schools
Create a co-ordinated system of school support building on the Learning Support Centres
Increase resources and funding to revitalise and run the National Anti Bullying Campaign in school
Promote a programme of 'values' education in schools

Support the regular use in primary school of diagnostic pre-testing for literacy and numeracy as the basis for teaching
Set a minimum number of hours are established for the teaching of literacy and numeracy
Increase access to Reading Recovery
Endorse intentions to drop the teacher/pupil ration for Year 1 Students to 1:15, and recommend that Years 2 & 3 be progressively dropped to 1:22 and Years 4-8 progressively dropped to 1:25