Nicky Morgan: lessons in character ‘just as important’ as academic grades

The Telegraph - Graeme Paton " Lessons to build pupils’ [...]

December 16th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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John Florez: Public education needs transformation

The Deseret News - John Florez "What we need is [...]

December 13th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How to teach … winter and keeping warm

The Guardian - Staff Writer "The temperature has dropped and [...]

December 8th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Maths and science teaching a priority, says Cameron

BBC - Sean Coughlan "Maths and science should be the [...]

December 8th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Chess ‘raises levels of sportsmanship in seven-year-olds’

The Telegraph - Graeme Paton " All primary school children [...]

December 6th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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How to teach … human rights

The Guardian - Sarah Marsh and Lisa Spiller "Over half [...]

December 1st, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Schools ‘may look overseas for new teachers’

BBC - Hannah Richardson "Schools could start to look overseas [...]

November 29th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Teacher, Teacher Accountability, Teacher Evaluations, Teacher Training, Teaching|Tags: Education, schools|

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Rise of Twitter and Facebook ‘makes it impossible for parents to send naughty children to their bedroom’

The Telegraph - Graeme Paton "Parents can no longer punish [...]

November 25th, 2014|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Britain, Child Development, Children, Current Events, Discipline, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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‘Language learning opens up new horizons’

The Telegraph - Frances Suc-Diamond " When I entered the [...]

November 22nd, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, biliteracy, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign, Foreign Language, Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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‘Lost’ first languages leave permanent mark on the brain, new study reveals

The Guardian - Holly Young "“Lost” first languages leave a [...]

November 22nd, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Bilingual, Brain, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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