The 3 Rs? Rebel, rebel, rebel! Experimental Sixties school
The 3 Rs? Rebel, rebel, rebel! Experimental Sixties school that let pupils smoke in class, zoom around on motorbikes… and do whatever else they wanted Boarding school in the 1960s usually conjures up...
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Teacher training tests toughened http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20083249The post Teacher training tests toughened appeared first on antonyantoniou.
View ArticleMailOnline::Parents’ fury at school’s plans to close on Friday afternoons… so...
http://bit.ly/Poq04R Parents’ fury at school’s plans to close on Friday afternoons… so staff can catch up on paperwork … #MailOnlineThe post MailOnline::Parents’ fury at school’s plans to close on...
View ArticleSchools ‘too generous GCSE marks’
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View ArticleUniversity social gap ‘narrows’
University social gap ‘narrows’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-20245187The post University social gap ‘narrows’ appeared first on antonyantoniou.
View ArticleNo future for youth: The changing face of Europe (Op-Ed)
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View ArticleA lesson children need: Why financial literacy should be included in the...
In just over three weeks, a little noticed Private Member’s Bill will get its second reading in Parliament. Drawn up by Thomas Docherty, MP for Dunfermline and West Fife, and launched last summer, his...
View ArticleThe War on Kids
The War on Kids is a 2009 documentary film about the American school system. The film takes a look at public school education in America and concludes that schools are not only failing to educate, but...
View ArticleDisgraced high street banks ‘to be welcomed into the classroom to teach...
They have been mired in mis-selling scandals, forced into nationalisation and accused of Libor rate fixing. Now high street banks are to be invited into the classroom to teach children about financial...
View ArticleIs public education in America facing a crisis?
School districts across the U.S., faced with deep funding cuts, are being forced to consider drastic cost-cutting measures, including laying-off teachers and increasing class sizes. At least 34 states...
View ArticleUnschooling: the new class of learning | euronews, learning world
Many parents are taking their children out of the formal school system in favour of a freer way of learning. It is not home schooling, where the standard curriculum is taught by parents or tutors. They...
View ArticleBan on the cane ‘left schools unable to impose discipline and led to...
The scrapping of the cane has led to a deterioration in children’s behaviour at school, according to teachers. Sanctions available to schools since corporal punishment was abolished 25 years ago...
View ArticleNumber of EU students in Britain is at a record high – and we lend them...
132,000 students from EU enrolled at UK institutions last year – an 18% rise Biggest jump in applications came from Romania with a 28% increase Government money handed to EU students has topped £100m...
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University careers services should act more like recruitment agencies
Career centres need to rethink their approach, says Zahir Irani, and provide a more personalised service that gets students jobsMany of you will have visited a university careers centre at some point,...
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‘I’d never held teachers in high regard – but I do now’
Graduates of the Teach First programme explain why they made their choiceTOIB OLOMOWEWE, 24An economics and history graduate teaching at Bethnal Green Academy, he left behind the large salary of a City...
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Graduates reject lure of City jobs to be teachers in deprived schools
Teach First beats civil service and banks to be largest recruiter of university high-fliers, helping them work in disadvantaged areasIt began as a small enterprise launched by a few educational...
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Cut the cost of entertainment for kids during school holidays
Many parents expect to spend £450-plus during the long break. But if you know where to look, there are plenty of free activitiesChildren and teachers may be counting down to the start of the summer...
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Why teachers should read more children’s books
A research project has found that teachers who read for pleasure have better book knowledge and feel more confident, calm and stress-free in the classroomResearch has shown that there is value in...
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Letters: Older women can succeed given a chance
At the age of 48 I began a PhD at the University of Sheffield – having got a master's while working full-time but having no first degree. In spite of this and in spite of my age, the university awarded...
View ArticleShould young people accept lower living standards than their parents? –...
Ros Altmann debates with Shiv Malik the predicament young people face after leaving educationKen MacfarlanePhil MaynardRos AltmannShiv Malik The post Should young people accept lower living...
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