All children should learn foreign languages, say peers

BBC - Angela Harrison "All children should learn a foreign [...]

March 22nd, 2012|Categories: Early Education, Education, Foreign Language, Learning, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, School|

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Half of children find science and maths too difficult or too boring

The Daily Telegraph- Donna Bowater "The top 10 dream jobs [...]

March 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Children, Creativity, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Engineering, England, Great Britain (UK), Innovation, Math, Research, Science, Technology, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Raise literacy target in primary schools, says Ofsted chief

The Guardian - Jeevan Vasagar "The official literacy target in [...]

March 16th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Children, Creativity, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, England, Government, Great Britain (UK), Literacy, Reading, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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New BBC show offers Mandarin for pre-schoolers

The BBC News - Anita Singh "The Lingo Show, which [...]

March 13th, 2012|Categories: Children, Chinese, Creativity, Current Events, Early Education, Elementary School, England, Foreign Language, Great Britain (UK), Kindergarten, Learning, Preschool, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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How robotics inspires my pupils – and my teaching

The Guardian - Rhys Evans "Now, as a design and [...]

March 9th, 2012|Categories: Creativity, Education, Engineering, Innovation, Learning, Performance, Science, Teacher, Technology, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, School|

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More than a third of schools judged not good enough

The BBC News - Staff Writer "More than a third [...]

March 8th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Elementary School, England, Government, Great Britain (UK), High School, Middle School, Secondary School, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Schools concerned about child neglect

The Guardian - Louise Tickle "The children's commissioner for England, [...]

March 8th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Behavior, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, England, Family, Government, Great Britain (UK), Health, Parenting, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Children denied joy of nature, says National Trust

The BBC News - Staff Writer "Children are being denied [...]

March 5th, 2012|Categories: Behavior, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, England, Great Britain (UK), Health, Learning, Parenting, Playing, Research, Secondary School, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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School maths lessons: Pupils ‘scared to ask for help’

The BBC News - Judith Burns "Secondary school pupils are [...]

March 5th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Current Events, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Math, Research, Secondary School, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Homework guidelines scrapped to give headteachers greater freedom

The Guardian - Jeevan Vasagar "Ministers have scrapped guidelines setting [...]

March 5th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Behavior, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, England, Government, Great Britain (UK), Homework, Learning, Politics, Secondary School, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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