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- Tue Nov 28, 2017 9:16 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: ‘Working-class children get less of everything in education
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5421
Re: ‘Working-class children get less of everything in education
Disadvantaged children face worse outcomes in some rich areas – report Britain is in a ‘spiral of ever-growing division’ with rural and coastal regions being left behind, warns social mobility tsar https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/nov/28/disadvantaged-children-face-worse-outcomes-in-rich-are...
- Tue Nov 28, 2017 9:10 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: ‘Working-class children get less of everything in education
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5421
‘Working-class children get less of everything in education
‘Working-class children get less of everything in education - including respect’ Interview Diane Reay grew up on a council estate, the eldest of eight, and became a Cambridge professor. Now she wants to talk about inequality in education https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/nov/21/english-clas...
- Sun Nov 26, 2017 10:22 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: How to Get Your Mind to Read
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3304
How to Get Your Mind to Read
How to Get Your Mind to Read
By DANIEL T. WILLINGHAM NOV. 25, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/opin ... pe=article
By DANIEL T. WILLINGHAM NOV. 25, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/25/opin ... pe=article
- Mon Nov 13, 2017 8:48 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Compelling video footage for Scottish inquiry - useful internationally
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5733
Re: Compelling video footage for Scottish inquiry - useful internationally
Jenny said: 'They are allowed to walk before being expected to run, and this means that they develop confidence right from the outset. Many take off in reading and spelling long before being taught all the complexities.' That's the wonderful thing about systematic synthetic phonics, once young child...
- Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:49 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: RRF Anne Glennie gives evidence in official Scottish inquiry
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4236
Re: RRF Anne Glennie gives evidence in official Scottish inquiry
Thanks Jenny. A big thank you and well done to Anne, Sarah and Gordon, great advocacy for Synthetic Phonics. A must see presentation which needs as wide an audience as possible.
- Fri Nov 10, 2017 7:01 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Big Issue seller wins place at Cambridge
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3240
Big Issue seller wins place at Cambridge
Big Issue seller always with 'book on the go' wins place at Cambridge Lifelong reading passion leads to Hughes Hall course for Geoff Edwards, 52, who endured jobless spells and lived on streets https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/nov/08/big-issue-seller-always-with-book-on-the-go-wins-place-a...
- Fri Nov 03, 2017 10:28 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Poor literacy skills hold poorer pupils back in science
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2694
Poor literacy skills hold poorer pupils back in science
Poor literacy skills hold poorer pupils back in science A report, published by the Education Endowment Foundation and the Royal Society, has reviewed existing studies to identify interventions and teaching approaches that have a positive impact on pupil learning in science, particularly for pupils f...
- Sat Oct 07, 2017 12:41 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: SATs test which was 'too middle class' has been criticised
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3247
SATs test which was 'too middle class' has been criticised
SATs test which was 'too middle class' has been criticised by the exam regulator
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/20 ... regulator/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/20 ... regulator/
- Mon Oct 02, 2017 1:14 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Illiteracy and Democracy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2783
Illiteracy and Democracy
Here's a piece from yesterdays Observer, it's part of a bigger article 'Is Capitalism at the crossroads?' The piece by Professor Ngaire Woods of the University of Oxford looks at the part that literacy plays in a democracy. “In 2017, the fastest growing economies are for the most part not free-marke...
- Tue Sep 12, 2017 6:26 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Cambridge considers typed exams as handwriting worsens
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2654
Re: Cambridge considers typed exams as handwriting worsens
Laptops are great, but not if it means the end of handwriting Students are now so dependent on their laptops for writing that they may soon be allowed to use them in university exams. But writing by hand is still an important skill https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/sep/11/laptops-handwri...
- Mon Sep 11, 2017 6:20 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Grammar school 'unlawfully threw out' students
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3877
Re: Grammar school 'unlawfully threw out' students
Schools abandon exclusion of sixth-formers after parents complain
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... s-complain
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... s-complain
- Sun Sep 10, 2017 1:53 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Importance of Sustained Reading
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5555
Re: Importance of Sustained Reading
I agree Geraldine that after good initial Synthetic Phonics teaching sustained volume of reading is crucial for building up a strong, wide ranging vocabulary which is so vital to good reading comprehension and is especially important for children who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. I would also...
- Sun Sep 10, 2017 1:41 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Cambridge considers typed exams as handwriting worsens
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2654
Cambridge considers typed exams as handwriting worsens
Cambridge considers typed exams as handwriting worsens The increasing illegibility of students’ handwriting has prompted Cambridge University to consider ending 800 years of tradition by allowing laptops to replace pen and paper for exams. Academics say that students are losing the ability to write ...
- Tue Sep 05, 2017 6:19 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Grammar school 'unlawfully threw out' students
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3877
Re: Grammar school 'unlawfully threw out' students
Calls for inquiry into grammar school that 'unlawfully' excluded students Parents and former governors at a leading grammar school found to be systematically excluding pupils halfway through their A-level studies say there needs to be a full inquiry in order to restore confidence in the school. St O...
- Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:53 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: The BFG, Skellig, Aubrey ... children’s books boom
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3357
Re: The BFG, Skellig, Aubrey ... children’s books boom
'It cannot be a coincidence that the rising popularity of reading for pleasure for children follows on so neatly from the introduction of sp in all schools - more like cause and effect for me.'
Absolutely agree FE tutor.
Absolutely agree FE tutor.