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Link found between library spending and learning

When school library support rises, reading scores and learning increases

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1 February 2014

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Quote of the Week

'Catch people doing something right.' Ken Blanchard

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1 February 2014

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Exam advice

Educationalist Anthony Seldon offers some words of advice to all those about to exams

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1 February 2014

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Poor teachers could be sacked 'within a term'

Plans to speed up the removal of poorly performing teachers from schools in England have been announced by the government. Currently, it can take more than a year to remove struggling teachers, because of lengthy bureaucratic processes. A teachers' union labelled the plans 'unfair, unjust and unworkable'

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1 February 2014

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Good feedback boosts learning

A Durham University study says that quality feedback from teachers is more effective in raising grades than homework, uniforms and smaller classes

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1 February 2014

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Celebrity role model myth

A study suggests that friends, family and teachers are much more likely to influence young children than celebrity role models like actors or footballers

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1 February 2014

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How to escape from the prison of our beliefs

In The Believing Brain, Michael Shermer argues that ?belief-dependent realism? makes it hard for any of us to have an objective view of the world

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1 February 2014

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More pupils need to learn vocational trade

At least 40 percent of teenagers should be required to do apprenticeship-style qualifications at the age of 16 to learn a trade, according to the head of the Coalition?s curriculum review

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1 February 2014

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