Here are a selection of links to education-related news articles from this week:
- Scrapping the 50% university student target – A report outlines why the government target of getting 50% of people under 30 into higher education should be scrapped.
- £10m lottery money to get students playing more sport – Universities are to be given lottery money to encourage students to get involved in sport.
- Anti-gang guidance offered to schools – Schools in England are to be given new guidance on how to spot signs that children are involved in gangs.
- More schools are failing Ofsted checks – Half of schools inspected under Ofsted’s new inspection regime were found to be satisfactory or inadequate.
- News Day involves 25,000 students – The largest number of schools ever took part in this week’s News Day.
- TV fills in for History lessons – David Dimbleby believes that history programmes on television are filling in the gaps in children’s historical knowledge.
- Bringing Shakespeare to life – English teachers will be encouraged to let pupils walk around the classroom rather than reading Shakespeare’s plays while sitting at their desks.
- They can’t read, can’t write, keep time or be tidy – One of the directors of Tesco gives their verdict about school leavers.
Are these types of posts useful / interesting? I’m considering making a regular round-up of the week’s education news. Please add your thoughts in the comments…
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