…support for it doesn’t divide along party lines: both Tristram Hunt and Nicky Morgan are advocates of character education. By ‘character’, the supporters of this idea have various desirable traits…
Cash incentives ‘don’t boost GCSE results’
…rewards “don’t improve GCSE exam results”, new research finds (Independent) Cash bribes fail to boost teenagers’ exam results (Times) Money doesn’t talk when it comes to student behaviour (TES) …
From Oxbridge to Uxbridge
…Appleby summed it up perfectly in the classic 1980’s BBC TV Comedy Yes Minister. Just about every politician and civil servant encountered in Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister is…
Sir Peter Lampl: We’ve created a society for non-doms, but not for children in our schools
…its economic future and it comes at an economic cost. The most pressing social and long-term economic challenge the country faces is creating a more mobile society amid a world…
I can be “that” teacher in my school
…worst reaction I had was from the head teacher of another school who apparently said ‘who does he think he is? He’s doing A level Fine Art, he can’t apply…
What Works – A winning formula
…commissioned over 40 randomised research trials in our schools – the gold standard for evaluations on what works. Over the coming years these studies will add greatly to our knowledge…