School and the mental health crisis of children and young people
Children and young people in this country are experiencing incredibly high levels of stress, anxiety and unhappiness at increasingly younger ages. We don’t yet know...
Category : Change Needed
Head issues a warning to those who refuse to acknowledge the crisis in education: judgement day is coming…(TES)
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Experienced headteacher Brian Walton says he is afraid and the system is in crisis. “You see, it’s not workload that keeps me awake. It’s fear....
The Guardian: the crisis for children with special needs
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‘People give up’: the crisis in school support for children with special needs The government’s own figures show big rises in the numbers of education,...
The Phoenix Education Trust (charitable trust)
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The Phoenix Education Trust is a charity and a leading voice in the promotion of democratic education in UK Schools and Colleges. The UN Convention...
School in the Cloud – Inspiring Families to Learn Together
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Teacher Steven Delpome was another to be inspired by Sugata Mitra’s TED Talk. He tried it out in the classroom, got fantastic results but was...
OECD: education not principally about subject knowledge
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Andreas Schleicher, the OECD Education Directorate, on how educational success is not about knowledge, but about ability to apply knowledge to novel situations. The problem...
Harvard Study Shows the Dangers of Early School Enrollment (Foundation for an Economic Education)
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Research by Harvard Medical School is yet more evidence that children are harmed by early formal education “New findings by Harvard Medical School researchers confirm that it’s...
‘Off-rolling is unethical, inappropriate and beyond repugnant – the consequences are devastating’ (TES)
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Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, writes about the practice of off-rolling “Off-rolling isn’t just about macho demonstrations of...
Philosophy for children
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Philosophy for Children is a tool to support children in learning through enquiry and the exploration of ideas, it helps students learn through discussion and takes...
Keep Early Years Unique – campaign organisation
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An organisation which now numbers over 43,000 members it campaigns on all the different attacks on early years education. Against the proposals to introduce baseline...