Posted by Editors Academies, ARK, CfBT, Charter Schools, Education Business, Education Reform, Free Schools, In The News, League Tables, Management Consultants, McKinsey & Co., OECD, Ofsted, PISA, Research, Teach First, Teach for America, Teach for Australia, Testing, Unions Monday, June 30th, 2014
We were a little undecided as to whether or not to write this post because of the youthfulness of those involved in Lessons from London Schools: Investigating the Success (LLS), the study that we will critique, and not wanting for youthful enthusiasm to be overly dampened by what is to be said about the LLS […]
Posted by Editors Andreas Schleicher, Common Core, Daniel Willingham, Education Reform, In The News, Michael Barber, Schools, Standards, Teach First, Teacher Bashing, Testing, Tories, Unions Monday, February 3rd, 2014
The Snob, n. – A person who admires and seeks to imitate, or associate with, those of higher social status or greater wealth; one who wishes to be regarded as a person of social importance. – A person who despises those whom he or she considers to be inferior in rank, attainment, or taste. First […]
Posted by Editors Education Business, Education Reform, In The News, Social Enterprise, Teach First, Teach for America, Testing, Unions Saturday, February 9th, 2013
What follows is a summary of the concerns raised by Andrew Hartman (@HartmanAndrew), teacher of history at Illinois State University and author of Education and the Cold War: The Battle for the American School, regarding the alternative teacher certification organisation Teach For America. Teach For America (TFA) provides the model for Teach First in the […]
Posted by Editors Academies, ASCL, Education Business, Events, Free Schools, In The News, League Tables, Managerialism, Ofsted, Standards, Teach First, Teacher Bashing, Testing, Tories, Working Conditions Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Michael Gove, UK Ed Sec, spoke at the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) conference on the the 24 March 2012 so we thought we’d run through the justifications he could come up with for alienating both teachers and headteachers with his needless reforms. There was a defence of free schools and academies. There […]
Posted by Editors Cambridge Assessment, In The News, Media Watch, Testing Sunday, May 29th, 2011
Despite its Reithian foundations, the BBC and its Education journalists in particular seem to be dishing out free ad space. In ‘New Exam Weapon Against Exam Cheating‘ the Beeb declare that new computerised techniques devised by Cambridge Assessment will be able to better spot exam cheating. And for that we should all be grateful. However, […]
Posted by RonDietel In The News, Testing Friday, April 1st, 2011
Is there a perfect test? A test so well developed that it can do all those things that policymakers want it to do: higher test scores, teacher evaluation, and assisting teachers to help students learn in the classroom? Test developers Grant and Jennifer Wilson think so, and they have developed what they believe are the […]
Posted by Editors In The News, NCLB, Testing Sunday, March 27th, 2011
Too early to say, of course, but the actions of one Pennsylvania woman give us hope that the days of factory education are coming to an end. State College, Pennsylvania (CNN) — A Pennsylvania mother has decided she does not want her two children to take the two-week-long standardized tests given by her state as part […]
Posted by Editors Education Reform, In The News, Testing Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
This Royal Society of Arts animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson. For more information on Sir Ken’s work visit his website [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U[/youtube]
Posted by Editors In The News, Ofsted, Secondary Education, Testing Friday, January 7th, 2011
Have Gilbert and OfSTED had an epiphany and seen the light? Or knowing that her days as honcho are numbered is she getting her own back? For an organisation so determined to kowtow to politicians and hold on to power and funds, today’s Successful Science report is quite remarkable. In its report based on the […]
Posted by Editors Education Reform, In The News, Testing Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
This is a great book by Katy Farber. No connection to us but echoes much of what we have to say. “Available July 2010 from Corwin Press and Amazon, and most major booksellers. Learn why today’s best teachers are leaving- from the teachers themselves. Low pay, increased responsibilities, and high stakes standardized testing– these are […]
