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‘The world we live in now demands a place for a local element in the curriculum of every child’
In fully preparing children for life, a local element in the curriculum is as important as the national and international components, writes a leading educationist
28 November 2016
‘Schools should not have to pick between the interests of their pupils and performance in league tables’
Heads must take ownership of accountability to ensure it supports rather than diverts the aims of the school, writes a leading educationist
21 November 2016
‘Principals in other countries look at our school leaders in admiration and envy’
Enormous improvements have been made and heads deserve to be reminded of this
9 November 2016
‘In these troubling times, teachers have an essential role in countering prejudice and hate’
Schools and their staff must work to build young people’s self-belief – that is the best way to beat the ignorance that the likes of Donald Trump represent
31 October 2016
‘Perhaps the Department for Education could consider basing more of its policies on Statements of the Bleedin’ Obvious’
If policy were based on Statements of the Bleedin’ Obvious, every child and every school might be given a fair chance of success, writes one leading educationist
24 October 2016
‘Don’t make school funding any more complex by trying to give extra cash for other disadvantaged groups’
The government wants to give support to poorer children who just miss out on the pupil premium. Rather than tinkering with the funding system, it should encourage school leaders to use the pupil premium creatively in order to bring its benefits to other children in need, says one leading educationist
17 October 2016
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