LET TEACHERS TEACH RATHER THAN FINGER POINT!
Here’s my take on this story that appeared recently on the BBC website… Schools failing brightest pupils A culture of low expectations is...
UK education…GCSE exam changes nowhere near enough!
Here’s my take on the following education story that appeared on the BBC website… GCSE change unpredictable results The government’s...
Latest blog on level sixth form playing field call
** Level sixth-form playing field call ** The government should level the playing field for post-16 education in England, the Sixth Form...
Gove on History curriculum changes…for once I agree!!
** Historians back Gove curriculum ** Some of the UKs leading historians endorse Education Secretary Michael Gove’s new history...
Web safety is all about parental control in increasingly complicated tech world…
** Web safety lessons urged for infants ** Children as young as five should be given lessons in how to use the internet safely,...
Make A Levels worthwhile not dumbed down nonsense!
My views in relation to this recent story on A Levels… A-level plans challenged by school and university heads...
PLEASE SPEND EDUCATION MONEY WISELY!
** Poorest pupils weaker at maths** Research suggests the poorest children are twice as likely to struggle at maths than their...
Teenagers can’t read GCSE exams – take with a sinch of palt!
** Teenagers can’t read GCSE exams** Analysis suggests thousands of UK teenagers cannot read well enough to understand their GCSE exam...
Opening the Gates of online tuition
** Gates backs online universities ** Online courses provided by some of the world’s top universities are going to be used by students...
VOCATIONAL ELEMENT TO NEW BACCALAUREATE NEEDED!
I think that this announcement is broadly very positive. Getting rid of GCSEs is monstrously overdue. We do need more rigorous testing...
Symptoms of a bankrupt GCSE system…
Heads say exam watchdog failed http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/education-19556772 From the ridiculous to the back peddling. This...
Free schools idea flawed..focus needed elsewhere such as GCSEs!
School funds cut before opening Government funding to a free school in Bradford is withdrawn a week before it was due to open....
Trying to save a sinking ship
Gove denies interference in GCSEs http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/news/education-19355959 It looks to me as if the Government, along with...
UK exam system needs root and branch reform in reference to GCSE results
** GCSE grades fall for first time ** There is a fall in the proportion of GCSEs awarded an A*-C grade, for the first time since the...
EASIER EXAMS MEANS BETTER A LEVEL RESULTS…SIMPLE!!
A-level results: Top grades fall There has been a decline in the proportion of A-level grades awarded an A or A* for the first time in...