Dear Justine Greening, whatever happened to ‘eradicating illiteracy’? | Michael Rosen
In 2011 the schools minister trumpeted the benefits of phonics teaching. But a quarter of seven-year-olds’ literacy skills still haven’t made the cutBack in 2005, the BBC reported David Cameron (you’ll remember him), then shadow education secretary, saying: “The...
‘We’re not hippies, we’re punks.’ School that has projects, not subjects, on the timetable
Finland’s answer to a slip in standards is to put more ‘joy’ into the curriculum. We visit a school in Yorkshire that aims to show the UK could do the same‘New core curriculum for basic education emphasises the joy of learning,” reads a recent headline on a government...
Nursery schools: ‘What society gives children less chance than their parents?’
Few doubt the value of nursery schools, yet many could close as early as July thanks to government plans for free childcareKate Daenke is sitting in the headteacher’s room at Homerton early years centre in Cambridge, recalling her childhood years at the nursery...
Welsh schools wait for annual ratings
The latest school ratings are published on Tuesday, the third year of a colour-coded system in Wales.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-38796996
National school exercise scheme launched in bid to tackle childhood obesity
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2017/01/31/national-school-exercise-scheme-launched-bid-tackle-childhood/
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