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Screaming headlines in news bulletins today – 50% of local authorities have a shortage of Primary school places, and the situation will get worse during the next two years. Shock horror. How did this happen? Don’t we have armies of … Continue reading
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Those who responded to the government’s National Curriculum consultation might be feeling fairly aggrieved this week. We probably knew, as we spent considerable hours filling in the consultation documents, it was an exercise in futility – but if no response … Continue reading
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There were two important education-related news stories in the press last Saturday, alongside the news about Michael Gove’s grilling at the NAHT conference (following the vote of no confidence in him) and Sir Ken Robinson’s scathing article in the Guardian … Continue reading
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It’s important to understand that correlation is not the same as causality. Statisticians understand this, and so should teachers, parents and politicians, many of whom have traded on a false assumption about an inability to reach Level 4 in English … Continue reading
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Ofsted’s PSHE Education report “Not Yet Good Enough” is depressing yet totally expected reading. Anyone who has specialised in this area of work, as we have, won’t be surprised by any of the findings but will remain alarmed and deeply … Continue reading
Here’s another interesting article from the Guardian Education this week. http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2013/feb/06/scondary-primary-innovative-teaching-learning The article asks a different question – can secondary schools learn from primary schools? Our simple response to that is YES! Again, what is education for? We would suggest … Continue reading
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