Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls, and Schools Minister, Jim Knight today welcomed the results from a major international study showing that England’s 10 and 14 year olds are the highest-achieving … (2008/0279)
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Posts on ‘December 10th, 2008’
INTERNATIONAL STUDY SHOWS ENGLAND ON THE WAY TO WORLD CLASS – BUT ED BALLS SAYS LEARNING HAS TO BE FUN TOO
Ofsted proposes whistleblowers hotline for child abuse cases
Ofsted considers introducing a ‘whistleblower hotline’ for social workers in light of Baby P case
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Play strategy is a step in the right direction
Children are not just asbos waiting to happen, writes Adrian Voce. They need space and the support of the whole community
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Schools merger protest goes on
Campaigners fighting to stop the merger of two Shropshire schools are today hoping to win over education watchdogs.
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Academics petition over ’spying’
Academics present a petition to Downing Street, urging the government to withdraw new rules for overseas students.
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School maths: The Borat factor
Did you notice that Kazakhstan popped up in the newspapers twice today by way of a ranking in international league tables? It allowed creative subeditors to dig out a photo of Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat, the well-known Kazakh.
According to the Guardian’s Borat-free account of maths and science skills, evaluated in the latest TIMSS (Trends [...]
Niace begins Esol campaign to teach asylum seekers English for free
A campaign aimed at embarrassing the government into revoking its ban on free English lessons for asylum seekers by mobilising volunteers to teach them is being launched today.
The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (Niace) believes it is vital that people seeking refuge in the UK should be taught the language at the earliest possible [...]
England’s playgrounds get million-pound makeover
England’s playgrounds are to be given a £235m makeover from next spring, ministers revealed today.
Every local authority will receive at least £1m to revamp and add to their play areas.
In 10 of the most deprived parts of the country, councils will be given £2.5m each for state-of-the-art adventure playgrounds.
The government wants all the playgrounds [...]
The home education experiment is over. Our daughter is going to school
She needs the company of other children. But we remain big fans of the homeschooling movement
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Julia Langdon: Summary punishment in the classroom
Julia Langdon: Britain’s prime minister has revealed that he was beaten at school. In fact, it happened to almost everyone in those days
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