…the Head of Education at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, spoke at last week’s Sutton Trust seminar, he said one thing that made me really sit up. Young…
Self-Regulation in the Early Years
Report Overview Self-regulation has been identified as an ‘essential life skill’. It underpins other aspects of learning and has a significant impact on a child’s long term life chances. The…
Does ‘academies only’ sponsorship policy waste educational expertise?
…take an advisory role. …… Hampshire’s school improvement service is selling more work to local academies than it did when they were maintained schools, says John Clarke, Hampshire’s deputy director…
Too much praise in the classroom ‘does more harm than good’
Alex Forsyth reports for the BBC on new Sutton Trust research into teaching practices. View the media clip here….
Lavish praise from teachers ‘does not help pupils’
Sean Coughlan reported for BBC News on the Sutton Trust report on effective teaching practice. Teachers who give struggling pupils “lavish praise” could make them even less likely to succeed,…
Don’t give your kids cash as incentives to pass exams – ‘it doesn’t work’
…which published the research, said: “The use of incentives in schools is not a new idea and can appear attractive to schools and parents who are trying to motivate their…