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Another Charlatan Restructure
Congratulations from EducationState to the civil serpents and politicians who came up with the idea of splitting the DfES up into two parts: Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR).
Genius. So impressive. You think, you spend your younger years slaving away for exams that prove [...]
No Carrots
The Business Link website urges companies to incentivise their staff through perks.
It states:
“Perks are generally a good method of tempting new employees and retaining workers as they are not related to productivity. Perks can encourage staff attachment to the business.
The options
There are a wide range of perks, including:
* occupational pensions
[...]
Hung out to dry
At EducationState we think staff members should be properly rewarded for years of service. Far too many staff in recent times have left with nothing more than a whimper, despite 20-30 years service under the belt. All too often these members of staff are gotten rid of just to lower the wage bill and to [...]
Pushy Parents and Failing Education System
Interesting BBC article about extra-curricular activities and doing more in education than meeting exam targets:
“Richard Middleton is annoyed at the idea that there is something wrong with being a “pushy parent”.
So is it really true that any parent who values their child’s education and actively contributes to it is, by default, pushy and therefore A [...]
Self-determination
Today the BEEB’s very own Mike Baker asks how the reluctant minority can be encouraged to stay on.
We have a great idea: why not ask 16+ boys and girls what they want to study and allow them to do it. Perhaps that why school is so unattractive to so many: they don’t get to choose! [...]
Observer 24th June 2007
Peter Hyman hit the nail on the head today when mentioning how much painstaking research has been conducted into best practice in teaching. What he fails to mention is that, despite the wealth of material, there is no such thing as ‘good teaching’ only passing, cyclical fashions. The search for the perfect lesson is the [...]
BBC Watch
An article posted today on the BBC News website – ‘Schools ‘got better’ under Blair’ – clearly shows how they pander to the Establishment.
Where the article should focus on Professor Alan Smither’s call for an independent school review body to establish objectively whether students are progressing, instead it chooses a headline favourable to the Government. [...]
How’s he going to do that, then?
WE at EducationState can only thank Gordon Brown for his wonderfully vague and awe-uninspiring comments regarding the future of the UK’s education system.
Apparently, he’s going to make it ‘world class’, whatever that means. He could make it really ‘world class’ by:
1. getting rid of standards, targets and all the other meaningless twaddle that goes with [...]
Rock and a Privatised Place
Money is important, we know. But from where it comes, especially regarding Education, is a real hot potato.
Mention the P-word and you’re liable to be hung out to dry in some circles. PRIVATISATION!!!! There we said it. But should we in Education worry about from where the money comes as long as it does?
It seems [...]
Getting it right…sort of
We have had the current Edumonolith in our sights for some time at EducationState but for once we are going to come out in support.
Since it was announced that there wouldn’t be automatic fee remission for ESOL students, there have been howls of protest from refugee groups, teaching unions and even the right-wing press. But, [...]