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Exam Board Admits Major Grade Errors
OCR has admitted more than 250 pupils will have their grades raised owing to errors in the addition of sub-totals on their exam papers. 4 examiners have been sacked and 78 have been warned regarding their performance.
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Education Increases Happiness
A government study has shown that those who are better educated rate their own happiness as higher, BBC News reports today (06/07/2012). Although the report is clear to make the distinction that education doesn’t lead to happiness as many other factors affect the way people feel, including someone's age, health, income and job.
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England Lagging Behind in Higher Level Maths
England has ranked 26th out of 34 OECD countries for the proportion of pupils reaching the top level in maths, behind other nations like Slovenia (3.9%), the Slovak Republic (3.6%) France (3.3%) and the Czech Republic (3.2%), which were among those scoring around the OECD average. The Sutton Trust study shows teenagers in England are half as likely as those in the average developed nation to reach higher levels in maths.
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‘Brainbox Test’ - New Fodder for Pushy Parents
A new test which is designed to push those most gifted and talented pupils is being hailed as ‘a dog whistle to the middle class’, according to education expert John Bangs, of the Institute of Education.
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EFL in Primary Schools
Pete's blog 24-7-12: Really started tackling the intimidating job of categorising disciplines last week...
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English and Maths Teaching to Continue to 18.
Under a new provision by Michael Gove, Education Secretary, pupils who fail to achieve at least a grade C at English and Maths at 16, will continue to receive teaching in those subjects until the age of 18.
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Reasons to be the Best
If you are in need of motivation to work hard and get the best degree you can then you need look no further than a BBC News report yesterday (28/06/2012), which stated that the number of new UK graduates working in jobs like cleaning or bar work has almost doubled to 10,000 in five years, according to government statistics.
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Online Resources
Do you have enough teaching resources? Do you sometimes struggle to think of how you can teach a particular aspect of your subject? The internet has a huge number of teaching resources with teachers and experts in the field willing to share their insights and experience, gained over many years of teaching experience.
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China Outperforms Us All China Outperforms Us All
The 2009 Pisa tests - the Programme for International Student Assessment - show Shanghai becoming a world leader in Education as well as in other more corporate fields. Where Europe once led, the East has begun to take over, causing global comment. The White House responded to the last Pisa results with President Barack Obama's observation that the nation which "out-educates us today will out-compete us tomorrow".
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