Teachers offer to combat gang culture
Plans to tackle gang culture in and around schools have been drawn up in the first research commissioned by teachers’ leaders on coping with the problem.
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Long summer holidays ‘harm pupils’ reading skills’
Long school summer holidays ought to be abolished in a radical change to the traditional academic year to stop children falling behind in class, according to a report to be published today.
Faith schools, a law unto themselves
The vast majority of faith schools are breaking the law when admitting pupils, according to Government research published yesterday. The study shows that some seek money from parents and fail to give priority to children in care.
Teachers vote for strike action in bid to cut maximum class size to 20
Teachers warned of the “national scandal” of oversized classes yesterday as research showed that they were damaging the prospects of children struggling to keep up.
Free children from national curriculum, says watchdog
The head of the body responsible for monitoring teaching standards will make an impassioned plea today for ministers to release pupils from the stranglehold of the national curriculum and give teachers the freedom to decide what should be taught.
Iraq: teachers told to rewrite history
Britain’s biggest teachers’ union has accused the Ministry of Defence of breaking the law over a lesson plan drawn up to teach pupils about the Iraq war. The National Union of Teachers claims it breaches the 1996 Education Act, which aims to ensure all political issues are treated in a balanced way.
Why are children so unhappy?
Teachers are to take the extraordinary step of calling for an independent Royal Commission to investigate why so many of Britain’s children are unhappy.