Posted by paidtoreason
In The News, NASUWT, National Curriculum, Secondary Education
Monday, February 7th, 2011
This week we heard that Michael Gove is launching a curriculum review, in order to create a return to more “traditional” teaching. Quite apart from the dubious aim of the review, the enormous irony of launching a review of something and simultaneously declaring its result is obvious; as Chris Keates, the General Secretary of the [...]
Posted by Editors
Education Philosophy, EMA, FE, In The News, NASUWT, NUS, UCU
Monday, December 13th, 2010
“Save the EMA – Get organised for 13 December 2010 The government intends to axe the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) for college students in England. This will have a massive impact on those families in our communities who most need support to undertake education. The EMA is a means-tested allowance of between £10 and £30, [...]
Posted by Editors
In The News, Media Watch, NASUWT, Research, Secondary Education
Friday, November 6th, 2009
According to the Independent, ‘Black and minority ethnic teachers face an “endemic culture of institutional racism” in schools, research found today’. This story is covered elsewhere but the press being the press they’ve not reported the main finding only the most provocative. Let’s take a look at this ‘research’. The report, ‘Leadership Aspirations and Careers [...]
