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Imagine the scene. Young people already disengaged from education, living in inadequate and/or impoverished housing – bereft of personal computers and home-learning equipment – are told to attend school during the summer holidays to “catch up”. As they trudge their … Continue reading
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This year’s Compass Education Conference took place on Saturday 18th January at the Coin Street Community Centre. The focus of the conference was the ongoing year-long inquiry into education that Compass and the NUT have jointly organised and sponsored. http://www.compassonline.org.uk/events/education-inquiry-conference/ … Continue reading
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Let’s take a look at the aims of the new National Curriculum. http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/n/national%20curriculum%20consultation%20-%20framework%20document.pdf 3.1 The National Curriculum provides pupils with an introduction to the core knowledge that they need to be educated citizens. It introduces pupils to the best that has … Continue reading
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The Education Guardian yesterday (5.2.13) was so packed with interesting and stimulating articles that we hardly knew where to start writing today. Following on from Suzanne Moore’s piece in the newspaper last week and the number of below the line … Continue reading
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What was Missing Speaking from experience, we know that it’s quite difficult to be part of a panel at meetings such as the one we attended on Saturday. There’s a tendency to come away from the platform saying to yourself … Continue reading
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The Fabian Society invited four platform speakers to the seminar. Stephen Twigg – Shadow Secretary of State for Education Lisa Nandy – Shadow Schools Minister Rick Muir – Institute for Public Policy and Research (IPPR) Associate Director and Hackney Councillor … Continue reading
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There’s an interesting article in the Guardian this week by Fiona Millar, on headteachers joining together to discuss educational issues and thereby acting as a kind of self-selected lobbying organisation. Isn’t this what education’s trade unions and professional associations should … Continue reading
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Some of the children we observed earlier this week were thinking about whether they would describe a glass as half full or half empty – about optimism and pessimism. Fiona Millar is a writer and a journalist specialising in education … Continue reading
This week’s Guardian Education carries this interesting column: An open debate about privatisation A close look at the latest league tables shows academies are no better, and often worse, than maintained schools, says Fiona Millar http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/feb/13/league-tables-academies-maintained-schools Knowledge is power, and … Continue reading
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