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By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
Education always seems to take a hit when the government is looking to move tax dollars to a different area to balance its budget. Inevitably, the money that the schools were supposed to be receiving gets drastically reduced, often without warning. This leads to every school district trying to get...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
Mrs Moore was a stickler. As head of Infants – a title she insisted on retaining even as names changed (‘Infants: tells the children and their parents their place in the pecking order’ she would maintain) – she really was the most important person at Kingsfield Combined School (OFSTED rating...
By Alan Peters, 24 Jan 2020
Do you remember Jennings? Possibly some kids still read about the terribly posh, awfully naughty Prep school boy. More likely, he lives on through the fans of his 1960s heyday. There is even a Jennings Appreciation Society to stir old memories. Even less plentiful than Jennings books are...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
There perhaps is no greater essay you will write than the one that gets you into your dream college. In high school classes, you may have been able to scribble out an essay at the last moment and still have your teacher give you a good grade on it. However, college is an entirely different beast....
By Muhammad Dawood and Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
Studies vary but regardless of the particular bit of research or report you look at, the general picture you get about the suitability and appropriateness of education in the UK is of a system that is inherently flawed. Of course, there is much to be commended and praised about the general...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
For fathers, the situation regarding paternity leave is far more positive now than it ever was in years gone by. Family and how we work as a society, generally, have changed immeasurably over the last few decades. The notion of the mother/housewife who stays at home and looks after the house while...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
On one hand, this is the million-dollar question. Anybody working in the teaching profession knows that, regardless of how many blogs you read stuffed full of good and well-meaning advice about the issue, actually getting the work-life balance right as a teacher is much easier said than done. It’s...
By Mark Richards, 24 Jan 2020
There are very few issues in society that are as worrying, or potentially as catastrophic in the long term, as child obesity. Figures show that obesity levels are rising across the country for all age groups. In fact, the figures really do make for grim and depressing reading. It has been...
By Samuel Alfie, 24 Jan 2020
Like everything else, technology is changing the education sector. It is changing the way it is delivered and taken across all levels, right from Kindergarten to higher education. More work is being done on the internet and the resulting changing landscape of education is creating the need for new...
By Ryan Crawley, 24 Jan 2020
It would be perfect to hear from your administration, “Congratulations on having the new baby! Take off the next three months at full pay!” Of course, we all know that does not happen in education. However, there are little changes here and there that should lead the way to bigger and better...
