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Month: June 2016

UK Higher Education in Peril with New Bill

Posted on June 15, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

Quietly, under the loudly trumpeted Euro referendum, something is happening in higher education that will affect not only our children and grand children but the concept of the UK as [ . . . ]

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Brexit and UK Higher Education – the Pros and Cons

Posted on June 14, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

Before I jump on the ubiquitous Yes-or-No-Brexit bandwagon, let me just say that this post isn’t going to be about my personal views on Brexit. I am not going to [ . . . ]

Posted in Education

School support for special needs students – is it enough?

Posted on June 13, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

Mainstream schools are saying that they are unable to support the 1.1 million pupils with SEND (Special Education Needs and Disabilities) they serve, due to system-wide failings. Is it possible [ . . . ]

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Mindfulness in Schools

Posted on June 10, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

While tests and tougher standards are making school more stressful than ever for students, it is good to know that a coping mechanism is emerging to counteract this trend – [ . . . ]

Posted in Education

Teacher burn-out causes brain-drain

Posted on June 9, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

International schools and foreign branches of elite private schools are tempting thousands of state school teachers to leave the UK, causing a skill brain-drain. We are investing tax-payers’ money in [ . . . ]

Posted in Education

SATs resits – not a good idea!

Posted on June 8, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

Will the government’s bad decisions regarding the SATs never end?? It seems not, now that they are saying that students who don’t do well in their 11+ exams next year [ . . . ]

Posted in Education

Harambe pays for poor parenting?

Posted on June 7, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

Parenting took a lot of flack in the media last week. My previous post was about the Japanese parents who left their boy in a forest as a punishment. This [ . . . ]

Posted in Education

The SATs in shambles

Posted on June 2, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

If you have been reading my blog posts on SATs, you will know that I think they should be stopped. This was because they are unfair and unnecessary, in my [ . . . ]

Posted in Education

Children missing school for holidays

Posted on June 1, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

Everyone’s talking about it. A father was taken to court because he took his daughter out of school for a family holiday during term time. He won the case. Mr. [ . . . ]

Posted in Education

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