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Prince Edward Refuses Royal Pardon for Homework
Reported this week (15th May 2012) across the media was Prince Edward’s refusal to sign a royal pardon on behalf of a student. The royal pardon would have released the student from all homework until the end of the academic year. However, although the Prince was amused, he was still fearful of upsetting the head teacher himself.
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We Should Learn from Japan
Stephen Twigg, the shadow education secretary, in an article on the BBC Education News website on 14th May 2012, has been reported as saying that our education system needs to learn from the continuous personal development system used in japan to keep teachers and teaching getting better all the time. While our system has been subject to many overhauls, he says that it is largely the same as Victorian schooling.
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Exams Affect Tutor Recruitment
It was interesting to measure the response to our flyers in Oxford and Cambridge over the last week...
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We Should Learn from Japan
Stephen Twigg, the shadow education secretary, in an article on the BBC Education News website on 14th May 2012, has been reported as saying that our education system needs to learn from the continuous personal development system used in japan to keep teachers and teaching getting better all the time. While our system has been subject to many overhauls, he says that it is largely the same as Victorian schooling.
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How Do I Deal with Rude Students or Parents?
This week I have been speaking to one of our tutors who has been having problems with one of her students and her mother.
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What should I teach at the Assessment
I receive a surprising number of queries regarding the above. Those who are about to undergo their assessment are often very worried about what subject is appropriate or whether it has to be related to their own subjects.
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Exam Boards are too Commercial
Is it right that exam boards are run as businesses? Making money from endorsements of particular text books, and from courses run by examiners for teachers to attend? Some people think not. They think the commercialisation of examinations damages their integrity.
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Sunny Oxford and Cambridge
Pete's blog: So we distributed our flyers in Cambridge on Thursday and then in Oxford yesterday...
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SPAG test row
Teachers and ministers are once again at loggerheads over a plan to introduce SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) to the SATs testing that already takes place. Costing millions to administrate, teachers argue that the money would be far better spent elsewhere and that teachers should be left to assess the SPAG capabilities of their pupils without government interference.
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