The ongoing trial of Angela Mason, accused of professional misconduct for secretly filming the antics of her pupils, is typical of current Edumonolith thinking.
Rather than applaud Mrs Mason for reminding the public that pupil behaviour remains a serious issue and still plagues the day-to-day lives of those in the firing line, the local authority and […]

Does adultism exist in education? Are younger members of staff discriminated against because of their age? Are the centralizing tendencies of the current regime about distrust of the recent influx of younger teachers? Do you have to dress and speak like a Baby Boomer to get on in life?

Clearly recent innovations in educational theory and […]

Dear DfES,
THERE IS TOO MUCH PAPERWORK IN EDUCATION.
THERE IS TOO MUCH PAPERWORK IN EDUCATION.
THERE IS TOO MUCH PAPERWORK IN EDUCATION.
THERE IS TOO MUCH PAPERWORK IN EDUCATION.
THERE IS TOO MUCH PAPERWORK IN EDUCATION.
THERE IS TOO MUCH PAPERWORK IN EDUCATION.

THERE IS TOO MUCH PAPERWORK IN EDUCATION.
THERE IS TOO MUCH PAPERWORK IN EDUCATION.
THERE IS TOO MUCH PAPERWORK IN […]

Heard the one about the Job Centre and FE Colleges competing for the same students and then striking a deal so that both can claim to have those students on their books to guarantee funding and ensure achievement and retention stats don’t dip?
Or, how about the Job Centre and FE Colleges running exactly the same […]

New Labour have managed to create in the world of education and training 23 unnecessary and overlapping bureaucracies since taking power. Anyone?

Recent influxes of economic migrants has highlighted the importance of not just Skills for Life but Values for Life. That is, the harbouring of outdated and offensive attitudes needs addressing and it currently isn’t it. In our classrooms of late there have been several racist incidents, cleverly nuanced admittedly, but racist nevertheless. The Government is […]

No problem with having them but they need to be used properly. They are currently used as a new-fangled way of keeping staff informed of everything that happens in the admin office. Better to have visits and actual relationship-building exercises than simply sending out regular messages through the Web. Without scope for feedback and face-to-face […]

Has the world gone stark-raving or are we addicted to certificates? How many exams do you need?

There is a vast difference between quals for technical subjects like plumbing which are objectively assessed (you can either fit a pipe or you can’t and when the water flows through it you either get wet or you don’t) […]