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We now move on to the other areas of focus that were discussed during the Compass Education Inquiry launch. The extent and depth of potential content for this Inquiry is both daunting and stimulating. The range of subjects and concerns … Continue reading
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Yesterday’s event at the House of Commons was chaired by Lisa Nandy MP and included on its panel Richard Layard, author of Happiness: Lessons from a New Science, and director of the Wellbeing project at the LSE, and Stephen Twigg, … Continue reading
It’s been an interesting day for childcare minister Liz Truss – summoned to Parliament early this morning to make a statement about her intentions to raise the limits on the numbers of children that individual childminders can work with. Those … Continue reading
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National Curriculum Part Two http://media.education.gov.uk/assets/files/pdf/n/national%20curriculum%20consultation%20document%20070213.pdf It’s rather disconcerting to see that the previous post about the National Curriculum only dealt with one subsection (2.1). It’s so important that we get this National Curriculum right. We all made mistakes in the … Continue reading
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Remember the Olympics? It was a rather special time in the United Kingdom. Throughout the Olympic and Paralympic events we witnessed some remarkable sporting achievements. Team GB enabled the nation to celebrate in a way that they probably hadn’t celebrated … Continue reading
It’s now quite difficult to remember (or even to imagine) a time when educational policies and practices were essentially or mainly a matter for educational professionals in the UK. There was never a “golden age” for education, since there have … 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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Fabian Society Seminar: Education After Gove: Responding to a New Landscape This was the title of a panel discussion at the Fabian Society’s annual conference held last Saturday at the Institute of Education. In Britain we need to settle the … Continue reading
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Following the thought-provoking keynote speeches that we outlined in our previous post about this conference, there were a range of workshops to choose from. Education is an extensive subject and the workshops reflected that, despite the fact that an afternoon … Continue reading
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