Lack of children’s exercise policy is ‘child neglect’

BBC - Judith Burns "Lack of a proper national policy [...]

December 10th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Exercise, Fitness, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News|Tags: Education, schools|

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Cultural stereotypes making girls ‘too nervous’ to stick with maths and physics

The Telegraph - Steve Hawkes "Writing in today's Daily Telegraph, [...]

December 9th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Gender, Girls, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, STEM, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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JK Rowling among top 10 ‘literacy heroes’ named by charity

BBC - Angela Harrison "Harry Potter author JK Rowling is [...]

December 4th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Reading|Tags: Education, schools|

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Pisa tests: UK stagnates as Shanghai tops league table

BBC - Sean Coughlan "The UK is falling behind global [...]

December 3rd, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, China, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why the future could well be Mandarin

The Yorkshire Post - Staff Writer "China’s growing importance in [...]

December 2nd, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, China, Chinese, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Mandarin, News, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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‘Prepare pupils in England for international tests’

BBC - Judith Burns "Pupils in England should be prepared [...]

December 2nd, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), International, Learning, News, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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A language skills deficit is damaging diplomacy, warns British Academy

The Telegraph - Anna Cordrea-Rado "National security and Britain's diplomatic [...]

November 26th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Foreign, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Language, Language Immersion, Learning, News, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Michael Morpurgo: Bring back story time in every school

The Telegraph - Hannah Furness "Michael Morpurgo, the author, calls [...]

November 25th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Reading, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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Bullying: the killer stalking playgrounds and the Internet

The Telegraph - Cole Moreton "But the main focus here [...]

November 24th, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Britain, Bullying, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, England, Great Britain (UK), News, Parenting, Parents|Tags: Education, schools|

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Poorer pupils held back by ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’

The Telegraph - Nick Collins "Schools need to stop promoting [...]

November 23rd, 2013|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Britain, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Low Income, News, Teacher|Tags: Education, schools|

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