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Champion: winner, hero, victor, conqueror, warrior, patron, guardian. The Guardian’s “Long Read” often contains interesting articles on a variety of subjects. This week, spread over three pages, it posed the question, “Could this man transform your child’s education?” [On the … Continue reading
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Still feeling dismayed by the hard-line ‘traditionalist’ element at the London Festival of Education (#LFE15) we invite readers to insert the word ‘schools’ wherever ‘universities’ and ‘higher education’ occur in this recent Guardian editorial: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/27/guardian-view-on-higher-education-beyond-bean-counters The noble idea that a … Continue reading
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Next week we will blog our thoughts on the recommendations of recent reports (from the NSPCC/ChildLine and the House of Commons Health Committee) on the wellbeing and mental health of children and young people, and on how those reports relate … Continue reading
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First the good news. The Guardian published an article this week posing the question, “What is the point of GCSEs?” http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/aug/19/are-gcses-still-relevant-education-training-age-18 It has followed this up with a column in todays’s paper written by Peter Wilby: GCSEs are obsolete … Continue reading
Below are some quotes from an article by Jay Griffiths (“Futuristic Overdrive”) published in the Guardian this week. The article considers some important issues about children’s relationship with technology and computers – a subject we’ve commented on recently. You can … Continue reading
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Ed Miliband has an article in todays’ Guardian that looks forward to his Hugo Young lecture this evening. This could be another important step forward for Ed and for his party. Let’s hope it’s a step in the right direction. … Continue reading
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Question: Do you have any idea why certain Free School applicants were given funding and approval to open whilst others were not? Of course you don’t. Nobody knows – apart from a small circle of government ministers and their senior … Continue reading
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Education is powerful. Education is political. It has to be. It can enable us to tackle inequalities or it can perpetuate injustice. It can inspire children to learn or it can stultify their enjoyment of learning for life. Education can … Continue reading
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Earlier this week, we asked educators to unite against the onslaught of political interference in education and the continuation of an education system described by Sir Ken Robinson as 19th Century paradigm. We need something new, not revamped or “reformed”. … Continue reading
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It’s been a good day for progressive teachers, parents, students and educationalists who see the need to reinvent our systems of education in countries like the UK and the USA – and not simply “reform” them. In the space of … Continue reading
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