Image via Edudatalab: Grammar School Briefing – September 2016 This week I have undertaken the government consultation, ‘Schools That Work for Everyone’. Now, if you know even a smidgen about the Green Paper, then you know that the title is deeply ironic. Grammar Schools in particular don’t work for everyone – that is kind of …
(Image via Ian Boyd on Flickr.com) If you want to find a story about teachers leaving the profession, you don’t have to look very hard. A simple Google search reveals the Guardian bemoaning the failure of recruitment and the loss of 11% of teachers, Sky news exclaims that ‘More Teachers are Quitting than Ever!‘, a …
We all know the recommended dietary intake of 5-a-day for fruit and veg. Is it a simple shortcut to remind us to eat better because we need it. Now, the 5-a-day principle can extend more widely than that and convey a simple but powerful truth, breaking down a task into smaller, achievable parts can have …
Bad news sells. We live in a world of 24 hours rolling news. Emergency follows crisis, follows failure, follows catastrophe. Our diet of educational stories is more often stacked full of pessimistic stories of the inexorable decline of pretty much everything and everyone in education. The Secret Teacher is a case in point. The Guardian …
