We can shape the curriculum to broaden horizons and ensure young people find work or training, but it takes time and courage, says Carolyn Roberts How do leaders think when they make choices? Could they be helped to resist the panicky zeitgeist and think about what’s best for children in the longer term? The Framework for Ethical Leadership in Education was designed to encourage us all to understand our responsibilities as public servants, so it starts with the seven values of the principles of public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.  School leaders were never meant to be robots, but role models for the young. How they behave is as important as what they do. Leadership is rooted in personal characteristics and these are the virtues of the framework: trust, wisdom, kindness, justice, service, courage and optimism. Let’s become curriculum makers We hold trust for children when we think hard. How can we take advantage of reduced prescription? What local opportunities open up, especially for those who cling onto academic expectations by …