Schools
Does God belong in the classroom?
Faith schools applying for 'free' status are one of Michael Gove's biggest headaches. In part two of his series, Richard Garner wonders how these institutions square with the Government's plans for multiculturalism.
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Chalk Talk: A lesson for Gove - if you want top teachers, look at the evidence
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Andreas Schleicher is one of the academics that the Education Secretary Michael Gove most admires. I wonder, therefore, whether he will take heed of some criticism of the Coalition Government's plans to raise the bar for recruitment into the teaching profession.
Why teachers need to carry on learning
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Excellence in the classroom requires the very best training. So why has funding for the master's in teaching been cut?
Chalk Talk: You've failed – and you didn't even know you'd taken the exam
Thursday, 17 March 2011
Most prominent on display at the Association of School and College Leaders' conference were badges saying "I failed the English Baccalaureate". The EB, remember, is an invention of Education Secretary Michael Gove's and will be awarded to anyone getting five A* to C grades at GCSE in English, maths, science, a language modern or ancient and a humanities subject.
The free school revolution: Behind the scenes at the first parent-led secondary
Thursday, 17 March 2011
They have proved to be among the Government's most controversial innovations. Beginning a three-part series, Richard Garner goes behind the scenes at the first parent-led secondary, which will open its doors to pupils in September
Why the headteachers' union leader opposes the Government's 'free' schools policy
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Michael Gove will not be able to rest on his laurels when he addresses the first big headteachers' conference of his reign as Education Secretary tomorrow.
Chalk Talk: A completely different way to help struggling readers
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Look, it's perfectly simple..." That was one of the lesser-known catch-phrase of John Cleese's in Monty Python's Flying Circus as he attempted to explain complex arguments to a baffled onlooker.
Should A-levels be replaced by the International Baccalaureate?
Thursday, 3 March 2011
There's growing pressure to replace A-levels with the International Baccalaureate. But must it be one or the other, asks Martin Priestley, whose school offers both courses, according to students' strengths
Chalk Talk: Forget higher tuition fees – here's a really controversial idea
Thursday, 3 March 2011
So what's the biggest education controversy of the moment? Is it Education Secretary Michael Gove's flagship policy of creating a network of "free" schools run by parents, teachers and religious groups – and the fears it might increase segregation of pupils by race and creed? Is it the Coalition Government's proposal to allow tuition fees to triple amid fears it will put off students from poorer homes from going to university?
An innovative scheme is helping primary teachers brush up their language skills
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Linda Gordon's last serious brush with the French language was when she passed her O-level while at school in the 1960s. So to be asked to teach it to her primary class more than 40 years on was a little daunting, to say the least.
International Baccalaureate: 'My students walk the road less travelled'
Thursday, 24 February 2011
The International Baccalaureate is being billed as a new gold standard of learning. But while it is ideal for some pupils, its broad approach doesn't suit everyone – and nor should it, argues headmaster Martin Priestly
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1 Does God belong in the classroom?
2 Why teachers need to carry on learning
3 Chalk Talk: A lesson for Gove - if you want top teachers, look at the evidence
4 What, no chips?: The school where children have to eat healthily
5 The free school revolution: Behind the scenes at the first parent-led secondary
6 The Top 50 Independent Schools at A-level*
7 Chalk Talk: You've failed – and you didn't even know you'd taken the exam
8 Leading article: Racism issue must be probed
9 The smarter sex: Does it matter if girls do better than boys?
10 Should under-fives be taught to read and write?
11 Forest gumption: Why children should take lessons outdoors
12 International Baccalaureate: Why the broad IB beats A-levels
13 'Why we're starting our own school'
14 The pros and cons of a private education
15 Andy Burnham: 'Comprehensive schools are part of Labour's DNA'
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