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Category : Change Needed
Rethinking Education: young people speak
by Rose Arnold
Rethinking Education as part of their series of ‘Campfire Conversations’, spoke to a group of young people from different educational backgrounds – some from mainstream...
Children Heard: Thoughts on the pandemic
by Rose Arnold
In amongst the headlines on how children’s lives have been blighted by coronavirus and lockdown there has been a notable lack of children’s voices. Children...
States of Mind: impact of school on mental health
by Rose Arnold
States of Mind, an organisation dedicated to the wellbeing of young people, focuses on understanding and addressing the social causes of young people’s distress and...
Organisation Pupil Power
by Rose Arnold
Student-led movement Pupil Power engages and empowers young people to understand educational policy, how it impacts them and their experience, and to get involved in...
Impacts of isolation
by Rose Arnold
Isolation booth to school exclusion: We need to find a better way Sarah Martin-Denham, senior lecturer at the University of Sunderland and programme leader for...
Black working-class youth criminalised and excluded by English school system
by Rose Arnold
The Institute of Race Relations report ‘How Black Working-Class Youth are Criminalised and Excluded in the English School System: A London Case Study, shows how...
Parent groups campaigning for change
by dan
There are many parents, with children in school, fighting to make the school system better. Rescue our Schools campaign on the many issues facing schools, which...
National Curriculum too narrow and failing generations of children
by dan
The National Curriculum has for many years been criticised for its narrow focus and lack of room for creativity or development of problem solving skills...
Systematic review confirms that assessment damages motivation to learn
by dan
University of London’s Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre carried out a ‘systematic review of the impact of summative assessment and tests...