Schools ‘must build British spirit’, says Labour

BBC - Judith Burns "Schools must do more to build [...]

December 7th, 2014|Categories: Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Grit, Learning, News, 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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Learning science: Taking stock of what happens outside of school

The National Science Foundation - Staff Writer "Through new NSF [...]

December 3rd, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Active Learning, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Science, Science & Technology, Scientific, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Touchscreen technology is good for kids? Don’t believe the hype

The Guardian - Eliane Glaser "Children are much more likely [...]

December 3rd, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Books, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Family, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Literacy, News, Parental Involvement, Parenting, Parents, Reading, Teacher, Technology, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Parlez vous Francais?: Some people’s brains are pre-wired to help them learn a new language with ease

The Daily Mail - Belinda Robinson "A study suggests that [...]

December 1st, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain, 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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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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