State schools ‘failing girls who want to study physics’

BBC News - Pallab Ghosh "Physics opens doors to exciting [...]

October 3rd, 2012|Categories: Career, Education, Gender, Higher Education, Physics, Research, Science, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, School|

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Competitive team sports will alienate inactive schoolchildren, report says

The Guardian - Denis Campbell "Ministers' insistence on competitive team [...]

October 2nd, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Britain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Culture, Current Events, Education, England, Exercise, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Sports, Teacher, United Kingdom, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Warning over shortage of engineering graduates

BBC - Hannah Richardson "The UK needs to increase by [...]

October 1st, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Education, Engineering, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Science, Science & Technology, Teacher, Technology, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Educating the World – No More Excuses

The Huffington Post - Gordon Brown "More than ever our [...]

September 29th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Africa, Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Learning, Low Income, Low Performing, News, Poverty, Teacher, United Kingdom, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Numeracy plan to boost pupils’ maths skills in Wales

The BBC - Staff Writer "Poor results which showed pupils [...]

September 28th, 2012|Categories: Curriculum, Mathematics, Numeracy, United Kingdom, Wales|Tags: Education, School|

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Make Britain Count: Philippa Forrester shares her struggle with maths

The London Telegraph - Philippa Forrester "There are still moments, [...]

September 24th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Math, Mathematics, Science, Science & Technology, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Thousands of boys ‘at least four years behind in reading’

The London Telegraph - Graeme Paton "More than 20,000 boys [...]

September 22nd, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Literacy, News, Reading, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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School open days: choosing the right school for your child

The Telegraph - Andrew Marszal "So what should parents be [...]

September 18th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Critical Thinking, Culture, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Parenting, School Choice, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Physics at Work lets children into the world of science

The Guardian - Athene Donald "How can scientific work be [...]

September 18th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Science, Science & Technology, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Why school breakfast clubs are on the education frontline

The Guardian - Jay Rayner "Free breakfast clubs are a [...]

September 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Budget, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, England, Family, Great Britain (UK), Learning, News, Parenting, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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