Calls for change
There are so many people from varied backgrounds calling for change. Teachers. Headteachers. Parents. Educational experts. Early years organisations. Authors. Business leaders. University VCs. The...
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“Exam Factories?” NUT commissioned research shows harm
by dan
The harm of exams for children and young people and how education could be dramatically improved by stopping them Exams don’t just measure what is...
Stella home educates two daughters, aged 9 and 12, both with additional needs
by dan
Stella talks about her experience of home educating two of her children. They have recently withdrawn nine-year-old Tobi and 12-year-old Poppy from school. Both children...
Dr Liz Davies: Khyra case and a failure of government policy
by dan
Dr Liz Davies is an Emeritus Professor of Social Work as well as being the social worker who blew the whistle on the Islington care...
Lola: High functioning Aspergers, wants to be an author and illustrator
by dan
15-year-old Lola, is High Functioning Aspergers with Severe Dyscalculia. She left school this year. Is home education your choice or did your parents make that...
Diane Reay: Inequality of the school system
by dan
Cambridge professor Diane Reay grew up on a council estate. Her book Miseducation: Inequality, education and the working classes uncovers the massive inequalities in our...
Author Jenn Ashworth on refusing to go to school
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Writer Jenn Ashworth was recently elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in its “40 Under 40” initiative. Author of three novels, numerous short...
Dan Pink: the surprising truth about what motivates us
by dan
Dan Pink talks about how money and rewards aren’t the big motivator we think they might be Instead, autonomy, competence and greater purpose are what...
Attainment gap between poor and better off grows at school
by dan
Not only do disadvantaged children do worse than their better off peers but the gap between them increases during their time at school Only one...
SEND crisis: A teacher’s perspective (National Education Union)
by dan
A teacher writes of the crisis for children with special educational needs or disabilities “The crisis in SEND funding and SEND support is not just impacting...