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Excluded… For Asking For More Homework
Interesting story coming from Blackpool regarding 14-year-old Aaron Parfitt who has been excluded for organising a protest against what he calls, “Falling standards”. Reports The Independent: “Aaron...
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Heads consider scrapping summer break
The BBC reports: Proposals to spread holidays more evenly through the year were discussed at the NAHT union conference. Its leader Russell Hobby questioned whether the current 13-week term structure...
View ArticleTop 5 Apps For The Classroom
Really interesting list of great apps to use in the classroom on Edudemic.com. Here’s a preview of 2 of them: Codeacademy Codeacademy lets you learn how to build amazing things online by programming...
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London’s Disadvantaged Outperform Those Elsewhere
The Guardian reports today that… Schoolchildren from disadvantaged backgrounds in London are getting better academic results than pupils in the rest of England, according to a new study published on...
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Schools ‘struggling to prepare’ Free Meals Plan
The Telegraph is today reporting that two thirds of primaries are not fully prepared for universal free school meals in September. Nick Clegg’s flagship policy to give all infants free meals ran into...
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Michael Gove Leaves Education Post
Important news for all those who work in education today is that Michael Gove has left his post in Education. The BBC reports: “Education Secretary Michael Gove is to become the new chief whip in the...
View Article8 Fantastic Ways to Ensure Great Communication
There’s a really interesting article over at Edudemic regarding communication with parents. 8 Great Ways to Connect With Parents Focus on the positive, not just the negative. If you have to get in...
View ArticleFree Lessons on iTunes
We all love a freebie! A top independant school has made available their resources for lessons and books. The BBC reports: A leading independent school is making dozens of its courses available free...
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Bribes Don’t Work
Apparently, bribes including cash and gifts just don’t work to motivate pupils to do better at GCSE level. The BBC reports: Parents who use financial incentives to encourage their children to do well...
View ArticleTeacher Spent 2 Days As A Student
And discovered that they wished that they could go back to the start of their career and start all over again. They wrote: I waited 14 years to do something that I should have done my first year of...
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