Here are links to a selection of articles from this week’s Education news:
- Headteachers plan to boycott SATs tests – The National Association of Head Teachers is boycotting next month’s SATs tests for 10 and 11 year olds. There is also a ‘Q&A‘ about the boycott.
- School governors attack the SATs boycott – The National Governors’ Association says that a boycott of the tests will damage schools. Parents have also commented that the boycott has come too late.
- Behaviour ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ – Statistics compiled from school inspections in England showed that 74% of schools were rated good or outstanding for behaviour.
- Getting children to behave in class – This BBC report outlines a number of strategies adopted by schools to encourage good behaviour amongst their pupils.
- Teach children how to manage money – A petition is calling on the next government to bring back plans to introduce formal financial education lessons for pupils.
- Scotland’s secondary curriculum will not be delayed – The Scottish Education Secretary says that the introduction of a new curriculum in secondary schools will go ahead in the new school year as originally planned.
- Some schools struggled to open due to transport chaos – Flight cancellations due to the volcanic ash disrupted many lessons as teachers and pupils struggled to return home after their Easter holidays.
- Stranded teachers using webcams to continue lessons – A teacher from Oxfordshire who was stranded in Spain because of air restrictions used an internet cafe to take lessons.
- Students use extra-curricular activity to improve job chances – Undergraduates are using these activities, including the creation of their own radio station, to give them ‘employability’.
- Jamie Oliver to continue work on improving school meals – The celebrity chef plans to spend millions of pounds of his own money, enabling schools to bid for new kitchens and other equipment.
- What else can a primary teacher do? – The Guardian reports on alternative career choices for primary school teachers.
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