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By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
There are certain classes that need to be offered in high school for the betterment of all students and they have nothing to do with subjects currently covered. Whether you are a parent or a teacher, you realize there are not enough courses offered for students in high school that will help them...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
I thought Jo Brand’s battery acid joke was quite funny. But not harmful. It’s unlikely to inspire a revival in British Leyland’s business and anyway the burny stuff is quite hard to get hold of. At least, I assume so. I’m not a hundred per cent sure of that, because I know that if I look up...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
Having a career as a teacher definitely has its merits. Being able to shape the minds of the youth that are slowly coming up and will eventually be replacing us in society someday is an important job to have. The opportunities presented us to possibly change the future through interaction with...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
In recent weeks and months, the response from anybody in government to any criticism of its record with education has tended to be that there are now a greater number of good and outstanding schools than ever before. It’s become Theresa May’s stock response at PMQs, and now Michael Gove is...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
In another education case of ‘what comes around goes around’, oracy is now being hailed as vitally important in the classroom. Nick Gibb, Schools Minister, has been talking up oracy after the national media picked up a story regarding a primary school in Bradford that has banned words such as...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
If there is one thing that teachers, parents and – of course – pupils have discovered now all phases of GCSE reform have gone through is that exams are getting tougher. The challenge has been ramped-up in several ways. First of all, in terms of the number of GCSEs that students now have to sit....
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
We live in a digital world. There can be denying that technology has become all-encompassing. However, a massive irony exists today in UK education. At a time when technology is everywhere and we are constantly looking forward to the next advancements, the method of assessment that our education...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
Back in the days when Assessment for Learning was the ‘in thing’ and a real buzzword in education circles, self-assessment and peer assessment were all the rage. The benefits of both are fairly obvious: self-assessment forces the student to take more responsibility for – and have a greater...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
The notion of teachers being ‘down with the kids’ sometimes gets frowned upon. It’s true that it can be taken too far. At its worst, it can lead to teacher/pupil relationships that are far too informal. When that happens, it’s easy for lines to be crossed and boundaries to become...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
The DfE (Department for Education) rarely introduces anything that doesn’t attract a good deal of criticism. Education is such a hot potato and any new guidance or initiative quickly becomes a political football to be kicked around by all the stakeholders of education, regardless of who the...
