Pupils banned from using slang in school

The Daily Telegraph - Donna Bowater "Pupils at Sheffield's Springs [...]

February 14th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Behavior, College-prep, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), High School, Secondary School, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Parents fear ‘supersize’ primary schools, says Netmums

The BBC News - Sean Coughlan "A surge in the [...]

February 14th, 2012|Categories: Children, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, England, Great Britain (UK), Parenting, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Scotland may have answers to English maths problem

The BBC News - Judith Burns "England should look north [...]

February 13th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Math, Scotland, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Students: ‘Better at cracking jokes than taking risks’

The BBC News - Hannah Richardson "Students are good at [...]

February 13th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Behavior, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Education, Elementary School, England, Great Britain (UK), United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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School failures and lack of jobs could lead to more riots, warns head of Prince Charles’s institute

The Telegraph - Julie Henry "Schools are failing to teach [...]

February 12th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Behavior, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, England, Great Britain (UK), High School, Learning, Math, Middle School, Reading, Science, Secondary School, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Prince of Wales: pupils need to go play outside to develop character

The Telegraph - Graeme Paton "In a speech, the Prince [...]

February 11th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Behavior, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, England, Great Britain (UK), Secondary School, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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British children from poorest homes ‘being failed at school’

The Telegraph - Graeme Paton "White British pupils from working [...]

February 11th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Children, Current Events, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, England, Great Britain (UK), Low Income, Secondary School, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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10 books to help boost young boys’ reading

The Guardian - Layra Barnett "Young boys are often 'reluctant [...]

February 11th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Children, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, England, Gender, Great Britain (UK), Learning, Literacy, Parenting, Reading, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Dividing younger pupils by ability can entrench disadvantage, study finds

The Guardian - Jessica Shepherd "Thousands of UK primary schools [...]

February 11th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Achievement Gap, Advanced Placement, Children, Current Events, Curriculum, Early Education, Education, Elementary School, England, Great Britain (UK), Low Income, Parenting, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, schools|

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Moving to rhymes ‘may boost pupils’ results’

BBC - Hannah Richardson "Researchers are to investigate whether following [...]

February 10th, 2012|Categories: Academic Performance, Children, Education, Exercise, Teacher, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, School|

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