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Many people reading an article in today’s Guardian will be appalled by what they see in it – but how many will lift a finger, or write a tweet, an email, a letter or a blog post about it? http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/may/14/calls-to-childline-over-exam-stress-break-records … Continue reading
Palo Alto High School is one of the USA’s most prestigious public secondary schools. Three boys from the Palo Alto school district have killed themselves this year. Does a culture of hyperachievement deserve any blame? The extracts below are from … Continue reading
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At this halfway point in the UK’s general election campaign we could maybe take stock and consider the bigger picture, particularly with regard to education and our values as a society. “We will find neither national purpose nor personal satisfaction … Continue reading
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Dr Naomi Appleton specialises in early Buddhist thought. In this Radio Four programme, one of the excellent OU/BBC History of Ideas series, she outlines the way in which suffering arises from craving, and ways in which we can learn to … Continue reading
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nvgq0#auto Radio 4’s Midweek programme this week introduced Sir Anthony Seldon as “an experienced headmaster, writer and happiness guru”, which seems a tad flimsy given that Seldon, as headmaster of Wellington College, is a long serving and highly regarded head … Continue reading
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In education, as in life, our central concern is wellbeing . . . for children and young people, and for adults. In our view wellbeing is not a vague or a nebulous concept. Wellbeing is complex but definable. There are … Continue reading
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The wellbeing and mental health of our children and young people are subjects now at the top of our national news agenda, thanks to the publication of two major reports, plus the prosecution and conviction of a teenager who admitted … Continue reading
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As one of the contributors to today’s edition of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour said, “We didn’t have any education about mental health or suicide”. So why are we talking about this today? Because suicide is the biggest single cause … Continue reading
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“I contend that most emotional distress is best understood as a rational response to sick societies.” – Oliver James “They are also ruled by superficial values – how attractive they look, how famous they are, how much they are able … Continue reading
Our post today is a continuation of this week’s 3D Eye series on the harmful effects that our ‘education factories’ inflict on students and teachers alike. It’s important that parents, teachers, students and any others who care about our systems … Continue reading
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