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Teaching science: A physical solution
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Physicists don’t want to teach biology and chemistry? Get them to teach maths instead, suggests Christopher White.
Chalk Talk: So, children, what do you think of your new free school so far?
Thursday, 15 September 2011
You might think you can be confident about what the answer will be if you ask a group of people a "feelgood" question about themselves.
Kenneth Durham: 'To develop and flourish, pupils need choice'
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Michael Gove might have thought he could count on some cheerleading from the the new chairman of the independent schools' organisation. But Kenneth Durham has a bone or two to pick with the Education Secretary, he tells Richard Garner.
Chalk Talk: New technology is for learning – not for posting Sir on Youtube
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Parents, it seems, have accepted that the days of lugging heavy textbooks to school in an overladen satchel are now over.
Top marks for good behaviour
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Far from despairing about discipline, we should celebrate the huge drop in school exclusions, the previous government's 'behaviour tsar' tells Richard Garner.
Patricia Lee-Sang:'We have to believe they can change'
Thursday, 8 September 2011
We've heard from the politicians, but what can educators do to help prevent a repeat of this summer's troubles?
Being Modern: School uniforms
Sunday, 4 September 2011
Admittedly it feels like just a week since we were all utterly unsurprised by yet more record GCSE results. But already it's back-to-school time. Which, for 85 per cent of parents, according to the recent Cost of a Child survey by insurers LV, means it's time to pick up a new uniform. The big question is, where from? And, given the recent furore over girls' skirts, how high they're riding and whether it would be better to make everyone wear trousers so certain individuals don't need to be sent home to change on a daily basis, what should they be buying?
Chalk Talk: Private schools - shouldn't we be demanding an inquiry?
Thursday, 1 September 2011
The headlines last Saturday were predictably all about the leading independent schools and the widening the gap in performance between them and state schools. Quite natural, really, as private schools in membership of the Independent Schools Council (ISC) had seen a 0.9 percentage point increase in A* grades at A-level compared with just 0.1 percentage point nationally.
Trevor Fisher: 'Stop playing politics with the school curriculum'
Thursday, 1 September 2011
The Government says it's cracking down on 'soft' exam subjects. But the emphasis on league tables also pressures schools to make the wrong choices, argues Trevor Fisher
What does the future hold for Michael Gove's free-schools policy?
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Take-up of Gove's much heralded policy has been notable by its absence, with just 24 ready to open this term
The ten best back-to-school buys
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Make the new term a little more bearable with these clever and useful accessories...
Chalk Talk: This diploma is supposed to be a rival to A-levels but it fails the test
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Spare a thought for what we used to call, in those bygone Labour days, "the Government's flagship diploma programme". Remember then-Education Secretary Ed Balls' assertion that it could rival or even overtake A-levels as the traditional route in education for 16 to 18-year-olds?
What next? The big post-GCSE decision...
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Whether you opt to stay in education or get a job, there's a wealth of opportunities out there, says Russ Thorne
Early learning or a case of too much, too young?
Thursday, 25 August 2011
From next year, the Government wants under-fives to follow a slimmed-down curriculum. But its plans also involve checks that childcare experts have dubbed 'tests for tots'.
The ten best school bags
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Prepare for the inevitable pre-term panic by equipping your child with a sturdy yet stylish backpack. There’s something here to help shoulder every load...
50 best back-to-school buys
Saturday, 20 August 2011
From Gruffalo pencils to ergonomic rucksacks, Kate Watson-Smythunpacks the latest kit for the new term
'I'm so glad I had the chance to take the International Baccalaureate'
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Budget cuts mean fewer state schools will offer the International Baccalaureate.
Chalk Talk: On science and languages, maybe Gove has point after all
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Kevin Brennan, Labour's shadow schools spokesman, gave an interesting insight into the Government's motives for introducing its English Baccalaureate at a Labour party seminar last week.
Chalk Talk: Paperless exams: why we won't be holding our breath
Thursday, 14 July 2011
There was a whiff of revolution in the air when Isabel Nesbit delivered her parting shot as chief executive of Ofqual, the exams regulator. The day of the paperless exam was heralded, with a massive move towards online sitting and marking of exams in the future.
Steps in the right direction: An imaginative scheme brings dance and drama into disadvantaged schools
Thursday, 14 July 2011
The lessons have a marked effects on pupils' achievements across the board. Richard Garner visits one of its success stories
Lessons from the future: What lies in store for our education system in the next 25 years?
Thursday, 14 July 2011
Dr Martin Stephen, who has just retired after 24 years as one of Britain's leading headteachers, reveals his predictions.
Losing our religion: Could RE teaching die out?
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Brian Gates: I was struck by President Obama's recent reference to the Commonwealth as one of the distinctive features of what the UK brings to the transatlantic relationship – that it is as strategically important as its bridging to Europe.
Separation anxiety: Parents voice fears over special-needs education
Thursday, 30 June 2011
For 40 years, 'inclusion' has been the buzzword for special-needs education. Now radical reforms will mean fewer disabled children in mainstream schools. Is this what families want? Sarah Cassidy reports
Chalk Talk: How I found out that life in the fast set was not for me
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Last week's report from London University's Institute of Education, showing that streaming was starting to make a comeback in state primary schools, sent a frisson of horror down my spine.
'Far too many schools are still letting families down'
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Last summer, Michael Gove spelt out his planned reforms in an email conversation with Richard Garner during the election campaign. A year on, in a similar exchange, we question how he has performed
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