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Yesterday we were asked the following question on Twitter by @corbyn50plus, in response to a remark about education: “What do you think Labour can do besides oppose Tory policy?” It’s an important question. For years it’s been pointed out that … Continue reading
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It’s hard to forget New Labour and its “Education, Education, Education” mantra which created a feeling of optimism that soon turned to despondency – once we realised what Blair and co meant by “education”. They were talking almost exclusively about … Continue reading
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The Compass Education Conference morning session concluded with a conversation between the Chair of the Advisory Council, Dame Jane Roberts, and the Shadow Secretary of State for Education, Tristram Hunt. The conversation between Jane and Tristram began with the same … Continue reading
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The 2012/13 OECD PISA results are out today. As far as we are concerned, there are no surprises. Shanghai/China and Singapore are at the top of this table which is exactly as we expected. http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/pisa-2012-results-overview.pdf What concerns us is the … 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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To a non-educationalist this headline might not appear the most exciting news of the day, so let’s try this instead: England’s young people are near bottom of global league table for basic skills http://www.theguardian.com/education/2013/oct/08/england-young-people-league-table-basic-skills-oecd?CMP=twt_gu Or if you prefer the BBC … Continue reading
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In this week of important anniversaries we’re today sharing a significant milestone for 3D Eye. This is our 400th blog post. We’ve been keeping an eye on wellbeing, education and human intelligences for quite some time, though only sharing our … Continue reading
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There are some interesting facts in a recent YouGov poll about how the average voter in this country currently considers the ability of those in the top jobs of each political party. For instance, after making every imaginable mistake, including … 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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Lots of people are starting to ask some very fundamental questions about education. Instead of asking, “How can we get schools to raise scores in tests and exams?” we now find that people are asking, “What is education for?” – … Continue reading
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