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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 [ . . . ]

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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 – [ . . . ]

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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 [ . . . ]

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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 [ . . . ]

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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 [ . . . ]

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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 [ . . . ]

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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. [ . . . ]

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The SATs – are they really necessary?

Posted on May 26, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

This has been the month of tests; 10 year-olds up and down the country have been cramming, learning and sweating over those all-important tests called the SATs or Standard Assessment [ . . . ]

Posted in EducationTagged education, Elisa, relevance, SATs, standardised tests, UK

Immigration & our education system

Posted on May 20, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

Over the last few decades, our society has absorbed a huge number of immigrant newcomers with remarkable ease, but things are changing … people can feel trouble and strife building, [ . . . ]

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University Choices.

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

A lot of institutions disguise under the word “university” offering abysmal courses that neither benefits the student nor society as a whole. The false representation of education these days is [ . . . ]

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Parents Panic Over Exams.

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

  Parents have been advised to avoid passing on their anxiety and worry of getting in to top independent schools on to their children. The pressure to get into the [ . . . ]

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Sexist Bullying.

Posted on May 6, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

The world is really changing, gone are the days where as a female, being brilliant and intelligent in class or school in general was highly attractive. You were praised and [ . . . ]

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Violent Toddlers.

Posted on May 5, 2016May 7, 2016 by Elisa

The violence of children as young as one has become rampant, so many nurseries have had to expel so many children due to biting other children and attacking the nursery [ . . . ]

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Five year olds, who speak better, do better.

Posted on May 4, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

According to research, children who can’t speak properly by the age of five have been said to be more likely to fail their SATS when they are older. Five year [ . . . ]

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Is nature better than TV?

Posted on April 12, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

In an age of social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, the internet especially Google, television and YouTube, is it actually important to be able to physically know what bugs [ . . . ]

Posted in Blogs for Mums!, Education

Are the private schools taking over?

Posted on April 6, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

Will improved state education force private schools to shut? As state schools improve, it is getting to the point parents fail to see the point in paying for private education. [ . . . ]

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What are free schools?

Posted on March 19, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

The Conservative government had pledged to open 500 new free schools over the next 5 years.  This is a great new policy as it will create 270,000 additional school places [ . . . ]

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London 11 Year olds in school crisis

Posted on February 27, 2016January 17, 2018 by Elisa

Thursday’s Daily Standard reports that more than 28,000 London children will miss out on their first choice of secondary school this year. Last year, nearly 27,000 children were not given [ . . . ]

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