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Disabled Schoolchildren 'Sent To The Library During PE'

2013-05-23T06:10:07Z

Disabled schoolchildren are being sent to the library during PE lessons because teachers are not able to integrate them, a Paralympic gold medallist ...

Kester Brewin: 'Gamified' Education in Google's 'Glass House' Won't Help Students Grow

2013-05-19T14:11:53Z

Using Google Glass to 'gamify' education may, in the short term, lead to lessons being more entertaining - children always love screen-time, any parent will tell you that - but my experience tells me that it won't lead to greater understanding and greater educational empathy with the deep ideas being studied.

Tim Curtis: Michael Gove Got a G in GCSE history!

2013-05-17T10:32:55Z

Michael Gove seems to think that the GCSE is too easy, and that we should wind back to the good ol' days of O Levels, and the CSEs, remember? But lets have a proper look at what the GCSE does, in comparison to O Level/CSE.

Hannah Gal: Great Heads and Teachers Are Best Placed to Run Their Schools - Not Town Hall or Central Government Bureaucrats

2013-05-16T22:55:58Z

Inspirational, quality teaching is one of the topics I present to the UK's department of education along with cyber bullying, raising standards, bringing programming and code into the curriculum, academies, the rise of male teachers and more.

Should Five-Year-Old Learn About Porn Dangers At School?

2013-05-20T02:21:28Z

Many parents believe schools should teach children about the dangers of pornography as soon as they are old enough to use the internet, a survey sugge...

Shaun Dellenty: Gay IS a Nice Thing to Say!

2013-05-13T19:10:43Z

Education is the very best weapon we have in the fight against prejudicial, discriminatory and hateful attitudes towards LGBT people, educators must put the safety and well-being of children first, even if that means facing some unpalatable truths about their own practice.

David Holmes: Is Your Child Ready to Learn?

2013-05-16T19:32:31Z

We know from our own work with families that children who come from vulnerable and disadvantaged families are most at risk of experiencing problems with school readiness. In 2011 the Sutton Trust found that children who come from low-income or disadvantaged families are often up to a year behind in their development...

Man Shoots Himself Dead In Paris Nursery

2013-05-16T08:40:40Z

A man has shot himself dead with a sawn-off shotgun in the corridor of a nursery school in front of a dozen children, according to reports.

French ...

Simon Woolley: How Mary Seacole Opened My Eyes to the Power of the Web

2013-05-16T06:24:04Z

The Jamaican Mary Seacole became an heroine when she travelled over 4,000 miles to nurse and attend sick British soldiers in the Crimea during the Crimean War. During her life her exploits were revered, by royalty, the military elite and thousands of ordinary citizens. More than 100 years later, tens of thousands of school children view Seacole as a wonderful role model.

Alana MacPherson: The Importance of English Grammar

2013-05-14T11:54:55Z

The newly introduced testing of school pupils throughout England in a bid to determine their understanding of grammar, spelling and punctuation has sparked widespread debate about grammar in general. How much do we know about our language? How can we learn it? And does it even matter?

Atlanta Plowden: Why Congratulatory Letters From the Office of Willetts Will Only Fuel Our Misconceptions of What Achievement Is

2013-05-14T11:16:01Z

What this proposal really shows is that the matter of achievement is associated only with the acquirement of the higher grades and not when a student is awarded with a grade that corresponds with their potential and effort.

Neil Durkin: Counting Down the Years: A Film of Hakamada Iwao's 45 Years on Death Row

2013-05-13T12:28:57Z

The King Edward's film rather brilliantly deals with Hakamada's case by focusing on what the passage of 45 years "feels like", as captured by the anecdotes of teachers and pupils speaking about notable events in their lives during the years 1968-2012.

Xavier Toby: The Anti-Wedding Guide to Weddings

2013-05-14T19:00:00Z

What have you got after a wedding? A dress you will hopefully never wear again, a ring you'll constantly be terrified of losing, hazy memories of an argument with a friend over nothing, a colossal hangover, and a million photos and hours of boring video.

Caragh Little: Back To School

2013-05-12T12:24:58Z

It's one of those things that gets annoying, when you're a teacher: when the Back To School posters appear in the shops before the Summer Term has eve...

Melanie Kendry: When Kids Are So Eager to Do Homework They're Beating Each Other

2013-05-07T03:43:34Z

When kids are fighting because they all want to do maths practice - or grammar - with you, it's a nice problem to have. But also one you need to solve. What if you're handling your kids solo, and there's no one else there to get the offender(s) in a headlock so you can carry on?

Axe Ofsted Inspections To End 'Toxic' Target-Driven Culture, Urges Think Tank

2013-05-07T03:52:34Z

Ofsted inspections should be axed in a bid to stop a "toxic" target-driven culture in schools, a study suggests on Tuesday.

Instead, parents, teach...

Should League Tables Be Abolished?

2013-05-07T03:42:48Z

High-quality, practical training for pupils is being hampered by the requirements of school league tables, according to a report.

Changes to the wa...

English Heritage To Pay For School Trips In Deprived Areas

2013-05-07T01:51:54Z

Schools that cannot afford the travel expense of taking pupils on trips are to have the costs of coaches covered by English Heritage.

The price of ...

English Heritage To Pay For School Trips In Deprived Areas

2013-05-07T01:51:54Z

Schools that cannot afford the travel expense of taking pupils on trips are to have the costs of coaches covered by English Heritage.

The price of ...

Pippa Smith: Pornography on the School Syllabus?

2013-05-06T19:00:00Z

New guidance for teachers from the Sex Education Forum is deeply disturbing as teachers are encouraged to tell pupils in sex education lessons that porn is 'not all bad', is 'hugely diverse', and to talk about all aspects of porn. Parents will surely be horrified by this.

Melanie Kendry: How to Get Kids to Do Homework

2013-05-05T19:00:00Z

My son said he was afraid of getting the answers wrong because he wanted to impress me. He'd tense up and breathe faster when we started practising the times tables. The solution came by accident. I asked him to answer 'smoothly', not fast, gave him a big hug and told him we need to make mistakes to learn.

James Kempton: Turning Teaching Into a Research Intensive Profession

2013-05-02T08:57:39Z

If there is one measure that will tell us that the RCOT has been a success in rebuilding the self confidence of teachers (other than hitting ambitious levels of pupil achievement), it will be in ending the appalling drop out rate among teachers from the profession.

Is Gove Trying To Airbrush Climate Change Off The National Curriculum?

2013-05-03T03:33:59Z

Education Secretary Michael Gove is trying to "airbrush" climate change from the national curriculum, shadow climate change minister Luciana Berger ha...

Benjamin Butterworth: When Did Nineties Kids Become So Old?

2013-04-29T19:00:00Z

It would be a lie to suggest that nothing changes. I no longer throw extended, highly emotional screaming matches at being forced to eat sprouts, like I did when I was 12. Or wet the bed, like I did when I was 12. But fundamentally, it doesn't feel so different. I for one prefer a Tracey Beaker omnibus and ice cream to paying bills.

Rachel Tan: The Proposal to Extend School Hours Is Misguided; It Is Childcare Provision That Must Be Targeted

2013-04-29T10:15:43Z

In spite of its merits, the proposal just doesn't add up. Firstly there is little evidence that extending contact hours improves aggregate performance; most studies show a very small correlation between contact hours and attainment, with multiple outliers.