Is it a radical idea that parents with young children should be supported to progress in their careers? Apparently so, according to the Observer and Nesta’s New Radicals list of change-making organisations and individuals, published earlier this year. Verena Hefti… [continue reading]
Education News
Review of ‘Social Mobility and its Enemies’ by Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin
Reading ‘Social Mobility and its Enemies’, a new book by Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin. This book is a valuable read if you want to understand the sorry state of social mobility in Britain, and why our education system… [continue reading]
Turbulent times in education – How are we setting pupils on the right path?
The education world has been rocked by changes over recent years: extensive curriculum updates, a reformed GCSE and SATs grading system and school funding has been tighter than ever. Not to mention the exam restructuring: coursework has been scrapped… [continue reading]
Number Talk: How to develop ‘Number Sense’ in our pupils
I was working alongside a Year 6 pupil in a recent tutoring session who, when tackling the problem 537 ÷ 10, used her whiteboard to jot down the calculation in ‘bus stop, first working out how many 10’s in 53,… [continue reading]
Home and Abroad: Bringing out the best
The Channel 4 documentary ‘Indian Summer School’ marks a resemblance to our Action Tutoring programme. The food, the climate, the working hours… okay, so not quite. However, the aim at the centre of the documentary is very similar. The Indian… [continue reading]
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