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Research by the Institute of Education shows that girls are often put in higher streams than boys, children born in the autumn are more likely to be in the top classes - and that race is not linked to stream placement
26 April 2014
"Critics are our friends, they tell us our faults." Benjamin Franklin (1706?1790)
26 April 2014
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26 April 2014
"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast." Oscar Wilde (1854?1900)
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26 April 2014
Universities in England will have to compete against each other and private providers for a quarter of their student places.
Universities Minister David Willetts has published plans to increase market forces in higher education in England.
He also announced there would be 20 000 places reserved for degrees with fees of less than 7500.
The plan to create extra places for privately-funded individuals has also resurfaced - on the basis that it will be restricted to those sponsored by a business or a charity.
There are also proposals to allow students to repay their loans early, although the government is still consulting on the detail.
From 2012, universities will be able to offer unlimited places for students achieving AAB or better grades at A-level - regardless of the total student quotas they have been allocated.
26 April 2014
Ruth Young?s Blog has just been added to our links page
Ruth is a children?s author and teacher. Her blog has lots of learning tips.
26 April 2014
Top graduates will be attracted into the teaching profession to help drive up standards in schools.
Despite having many excellent teachers, trained in some of the best institutions in the world, other nations are racing ahead in school improvement. The Government plans to raise the status of the profession, in the bid to make it a highly attractive career for top graduates. There has also been a longstanding problem recruiting the high quality maths and science teachers.
The proposals cover:
- Offering high quality graduates significantly better financial incentives to train as teachers.
- Offering financial incentives to all trainees with at least a 2.2 so that teacher training continues to be attractive to graduates with excellent subject knowledge.
- Requiring all trainees to have high standards of mathematics and English by requiring trainees to pass a tougher literacy and numeracy tests before they start training.
- Allowing and encouraging schools to lead their own high quality initial teacher training in partnership with a university.
- Giving schools, as prospective employers, a stronger influence over the content of ITT training as well as the recruitment and selection of trainees.
- Continuing to subject ITT provision to quality controls that focus on the quality of placements and selection.
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26 April 2014
"The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity." George Bernard Shaw (1856?1950)
26 April 2014
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