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How can the decision to use standardised school design be compared to the invention of the tractor? There is no technological breakthrough here. We have had the ability to use standardised building design for decades. It hasn’t worked very well. Portable classrooms are one example that has caught on. They have their place under certain circumstances, but they can’t be compared to a well-designed, purpose built school building. There is a value to designing our buildings to fit the people and places they are to serve. Architects are not out-of-date technology. Wherever sophisticated societies exist, there is a place for architecture. Good design is not a luxury. It is only a matter of where you put your priorities. It seems that the current government is putting its priorities firmly in the hands of corporate interests instead of our children.