When I think about the reasons for not liking sports, my answer comes down to this: school
The numbers of teenagers staying in school after age 16 has fallen for the first time in a decade, according to Government figures. At the same tim...
You know the drill: your teacher asks you to compose a poem, you drum your fingers for a few hours and come up with something sickly sweet and frankly...
Teaching looks a hard job to me and I have great respect for what they do - but I fear that some teachers would end up abandoning children who have more challenges in their lives and a second class qualification may well give them an easier way of doing that.
The idea of documenting how geeky/spotty/unfashionable you were at school has only just started to catch on in the UK - thank goodness. But our fri...
The school leavers' ball, fondly known as "prom" is supposed to be the time where caterpillars emerge from cocoons as butterflies, ugly ducklings are ...
The debate about standards in the UK examination system turns heads because the importance of education is more vivid now than it has ever been. If we're not getting it right, that's a big problem - nationally and for individuals.
My eldest daughter Lily finishes school this week, by which I mean she will have completed her 'formal education' to age 16. From now on, it's up to ...
We've touched on the concept of 'dad envy' before with the Depeche Mode-loving Dicken Schrader singing Everything Counts (see below) with his two litt...
Until the Other dad Who Collects and I got to know each other and formed an unofficial support group for dads Who Work Full Time Yet Also Pick Their Daughters Up From School (And Enjoy Doing So), we hovered awkwardly in isolation on the fringes of the playground.
Michael Gove's proposal to ban term-time holidays for schoolchildren is woefully misguided and simply highlights how out of step he is. Mr Gove, it's a no-brainer. Travel does wonders for kids' education. Homework can be caught up on, but childhood - and that sponge-like capacity for learning - is far too fleeting an opportunity to miss.
Education Secretary Michael Gove is to crack down on parents who take children out of school to go on holiday. Headteachers will lose the ability t...
Female teachers mark male pupils more harshly than they do their female students, research has claimed. Additionally, girls tend to believe male te...
It was recently found that more 18-year-olds in the UK have a Facebook account than are registered to vote. Indeed, according to Experian, more than a million 18-year-olds are signed up to Facebook compared to only 520 000 on the electoral role.
Most of the UK might be pretty annoyed that another flurry of snow is set to hit Britain over the next few days, but for the snowball-throwers of our ...
The Queen's visit to rural towns and communities on her Diamond Jubilee was hailed as a special occasion, as she renewed her pledge to serve the natio...
Children take seriously what adults take seriously. Not watching our children's matches sends a negative message to the kids and a positive one to Gove as he strides around the school gym, axe in hand.
Children have been risking their lives to get to school as images released show students precariously crossing a broken suspension bridge in Indonesia...
Manchester City footballer Mario Balotelli shocked students and teachers when he wandered into a local school during lunchtime to ask if he could use ...
A junior school teacher who taught a class while under the influence of the illegal drug ecstasy can return to work, as long as he completes a drug aw...
A year ago, Blackburn Elementary School in Manatee County, near Palmetto, Florida, was in a bit of a bind. The fire alarm in their kitchen had bee...
Some tell us that they felt justified in cyberbullying others because the target did or said something that invited the harassment. A 14-year-old boy said: "My friend started spreading rumours about me, so I decided to get revenged and start talking at him and we got into a fight."
It is 11.11.11. (By the way, did you know that in America they write it 11.11.11 - weird huh?) An event which only comes along about every 700 years o...
Perhaps we could start a recycling project to encourage parents to put school uniform in charity clothing banks specifically for uniform and schools could nominate children for it to be distributed to.
When I was approached by Dean Callis to start a 12-week personal training program I was overjoyed. The gym just hadn't been cutting it - especially wi...
