A socialist case against persecuting home educators (Medium)
Home educated writer and editor Rowan Fortune writes on why home education is a necessary lifeline and why it should be defended now. His piece...
Category : A Broken System
Government accused of misleading parents over schools’ success (The Guardian)
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A statistician, who worked for the Department of Education for 13 years, says that the figures used to claim improvement are flawed “In this case,...
ATL report: national curriculum needs fundamental change
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A detailed and important critique of the National Curriculum which seeks to understand not only where we should be going but where we’ve come from...
Unprecedented exam stress from new GCSEs (Rescue Our Schools)
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Rescue Our Schools survey showing that the new GCSEs are causing unprecedented and serious levels of stress has been backed by the teenage anxiety expert...
Is it right to keep forcing truanting children back into school?
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Truancy and coercive consent: is there an alternative? Karen McIntyre‐Bhatty (2008) Educational Review The paper challenges the rhetoric around truancy, the presumption that school is the best...
The negative effects of sets and streaming
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Sets and streaming have a serious impact on children Sets and streaming are used at younger and younger ages, with half of nursery schools streaming...
‘Old school and old-fashioned’: historians turn their fire on Gove (The Guardian)
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The then education secretary Michael Gove’s reimaging of the History curriculum met widespread opposition from historians. “The Royal Historical Society, senior members of the British...
‘Idiot’s guide’ proposed for supply teachers
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Despite the UK being the sixth richest country in the world the challenges in education are so dire that Sir Michael Wilshaw, former Ofsted chief,...
The bullying problem in schools
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Bullying in schools is a serious and persistent problem with disadvantaged children most at risk In 2015 the government claimed that their measures to tackle...
Sexual assault in school ‘commonplace’
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Schools are not safe places for girls – this must be changed Sexual assault is rife in schools. According to BBC research 5,500 sexual offences...