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By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
Being a teacher is difficult. You can take the coolest and calmest person on the planet and make them a teacher, and they eventually will lose their patience. In fact, to prove this point, remember when the Fonz turned into a high school teacher on Happy Days? It took him only a couple days before...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
Below is a list of apps for high school and college students that I discovered through some sleuthing that could come in handy. Give them a try and see if they can help you out next time you are stuck on a problem with nobody to turn to. Back when I was in school, if I was stuck with a hard math...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
The battle that the arts and cultural education have found themselves in over the last few years has been well-documented. First came the ideological attack from the Tories with their quest to push all students (regardless of their suitability, interests or ability) down the narrow academic and...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
It's getting on for two decades now since group work become the 'done thing'. All of a sudden, rote learning and desks in neat rows were out, and kinaesthetic, mind-friendly learning and working in groups was very much in. And over the last 20 years or so teachers have had it in drilled into...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
Why does a classroom teacher be seeking promotion? Why does a deputy head have to aspire to be a headteacher? These are important questions but they are ones that are rarely asked. It is just assumed that this is the way things are - that individuals should naturally want to progress and...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
It is 8 years since Pupil Premium was introduced. In that time, £10billion has been spent on the initiative and the question: "What are you doing differently for your pupil premium students?" has been asked countless times of teachers up and down the land. An equally unfathomable...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
There are numerous successful people that have never graduated and opted for alternatives to attending college. In fact, one of my close friends has been very fortunate in business. One of the richest guys I know, and he never attended college after high school. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs both...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
It appears as though local authorities are raking in £8 million per year in fines given to parents for their children term time holidays. Has there ever been a more iniquitous, unfair, system? Many of the current Government may well enjoy a return to Victorian values, where aristocratic...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
Are you struggling to improve your student’s comprehension? We have all been there as a teacher or a parent. We can probably also remember it happening to us frequently as kids, too. The child will be following along in class as we teach and then when it comes time to give out the assignment, it...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
Closing the attainment gap has become one of the major challenges in education. It's nothing new, of course; indeed, the underachievement of disadvantaged pupils has remained a stubborn problem that has dogged schools (and governments) for decades. White working class boys remain the great...
