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According to an editorial in the Guardian “Nicky Morgan is wrong to remove parents’ right to object to a school being forced to convert to an academy” http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/22/guardian-view-education-bill-needs-improvement This is not only wrong – it’s an outrage. This is the … Continue reading
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Are Britain’s children and young people mentally and emotionally healthy? How important is their mental health and wellbeing to their long-term life satisfaction? There’s an obvious response to these questions. Vitally important, and more important than anything else. More important, … Continue reading
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This week Channel 4’s Dispatches featured an investigation into the education examination system. “Cheating the System” was its title. A more appropriate investigation would have been “Why is there cheating in the system?” The reporter Seyi Rhodes investigated reported “cheating” from … Continue reading
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Today my son is taking his penultimate A-Level examination. He’ll then have to wait a seemingly interminable time to find out whether he’s achieved the required grades to continue his education at his preferred university. My son is fortunate that … Continue reading
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Readers may have noticed our tweets from the lunchtime lecture at The Place yesterday – the inaugural annual Cohan Lecture which was given by Robert Cohan himself. After a brief opening address Mr Cohan took part in a conversation with … Continue reading
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“Do you have hands? Excellent. That’s a good start. Can you hold a pencil? Great. If you have a sketchbook, open it and start by making a line, a mark, wherever. Doodle. Take a line for a walk, as Paul … Continue reading
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Since the beginning of this year a major theme has become apparent in our discussions about education – why are so many young people unhappy with their experiences of school and university? And what are we doing about it? Last … Continue reading
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Are we ever going to get education right if we can’t agree on its aims and purposes? Are the purposes espoused by some diametrically opposed by others? Isn’t there some synergy worth considering that will unite all educators? Naively sometimes, … Continue reading
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“If we’re going to die when we graduate, isn’t it what we do before that counts?” Spoken by a character in “An Education” (2009) – shown on BBC4 last night. Last week we wrote about the achievements of Coventry University … Continue reading
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Before publishing our thoughts on Sir Ken Robinson’s latest book “Creative Schools: Revolutionising Education from the Ground Up”, we’ll make a brief comment on education bloggers and their opinions. Anybody who goes to the trouble to write at length about … Continue reading
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