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Bottom of the Class5 comments

tinman18 wrote 3 weeks ago: The Tinkids go to a Secondary School called Coláiste Chraobh Abhann, a brand new school in Kilcoole … more →

Tags: Ireland, our Ireland, School, Coláiste Chraobh Abhann

Better by leagues?11 comments

universitydiary wrote 4 weeks ago: Guest blog by Dr Kevin Denny School of Economics, UCD Geary Institute, UCD Reading Saturday’s Irish … more →

Tags: Education, Society

Same Place, Brand New Time

Craige Parmenter wrote 4 months ago: Well time for the first post at this new time slot of mine, to be honest it probably won’t be … more →

Tags: Sport, Current Affairs, Football (soccer), Work, Lockerbie Bomb, Abdelbaset Ali Al-Megrahi, Russia Dam Explosion, Crystal Palace, "Bristol City"

Peter Debnam MP to Speak Out Against School League Tables Censorship1 comment

Tim Andrews wrote 5 months ago: I am very pleased to announce that Peter Debnam MP, Member for Vacluse, will be speaking out AGAINST … more →

Tags: Australian politics, Education, peter debnam

Barry O'Farrell Responds To My Letter 6 comments

Tim Andrews wrote 5 months ago: Well, at least I got a form email back – certainly am glad though that I did get a response, a … more →

Tags: Australian politics

"Liberal Members & Supporters Against School League Table Censorship" Facebook Group

Tim Andrews wrote 5 months ago: I’m kicking myself for not coming up with this earlier, but have created a facebook group for … more →

Tags: Australian politics

An Open Letter To Barry O'Farrell6 comments

Tim Andrews wrote 5 months ago: To:          Barry O’Farrell MP NSW Leader of the Opposition Cc:          Nick Campbell, Mark Neeham … more →

Tags: Australian politics

Make Our Voices Heard: Take Action On School League Tables! 12 comments

Tim Andrews wrote 5 months ago: One of the things that struck me today was that Barry O’Farrell really and genuinely doesn … more →

Tags: Australian politics, Barry O'Farrell

Racism and Patronising Arrogance By NSW Opposition15 comments

Tim Andrews wrote 5 months ago: The NSW Opposition’s stance on school league tables has become more than a national joke. Jokes we c … more →

Tags: Australian politics, #BOFail, ALSF, NSW Liberal Party

On School League Tables25 comments

Tim Andrews wrote 5 months ago: Following a barrage of criticism from within the Liberal Party on their stance to abandon fundamenta … more →

Tags: Education, #BOFail, nsw liberals

The Perils of Privatising Education1 comment

kelvinthroop wrote 10 months ago: [BPSDB]Professor David Colquhoun has been investigating the teaching of woo to schoolchildren. The o … more →

Tags: Exams, Science Education, schools, Education, Quackery, bad science, Edexcel, BTEC Nationals in Health and Social Care, David Colquhoun

Bottom of class system

middorsetlabour wrote 10 months ago: Paul Griffiths (Bottom of class system, January 23) hit the nail on the head regarding selection in … more →

Tags: Education, 11, Bournemouth Echo, comprehensive schools, Dorset LEA, Grammar Schools, Secondary modern schools, selective schools

Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligence2 comments

kelvinthroop wrote 11 months ago: [BPSDB] If you work in a school you have doubtlees heard about “learning styles” and … more →

Tags: schools, Education, Quackery, bad science, Multiple Intelligence, visual learning, kinesthenic learning, Auditory learning

Don't Touch This Poisoned PR Chalice1 comment

kelvinthroop wrote 1 year ago: [BPSDB]According to this article in the Times Ed, a PR firm has mailshot schools to suggest they tak … more →

Tags: Exams, schools, Education, bad science, Hawthorn Effect, PR puffery

Damned If you Do, Damned If You Don't

kelvinthroop wrote 1 year ago: [BPSDB] It would appear that the school-kicking season is in full swing. According to press items su … more →

Tags: Exams, schools, Education, bad science, mathematics, OfSted, Office of Standards in Education, Mathematics Education

All men are equal, but some are more newsworthy than others1 comment

theraffishdandy wrote 1 year ago: In today’s newspapers the top story is that an Austrian man allegedly held his daughter prison … more →

Tags: media, gordon brown, David Cameron, Lord Levy, Labour Party, Public School, Kris Marshall, peter mandelson, Frank Lampard

Rich kids in a poor school

JoKaLew wrote 1 year ago: Very interesting research reported by the BBC on why some middle class parents actively choose to se … more →

Tags: Education, middle class, educational research, catchment area, Religious Schools, state school, Private Education

Balls Plan to Dump A Levels

leatherhead wrote 2 years ago: Our Education Minister Ed Balls has announced plans to introduce new Diplomas, to replace A Levels b … more →

Tags: Politics, Education, Education. A Levels, Balls, New Diplomas

An Incentive to Cheat8 comments

kelvinthroop wrote 2 years ago: Most people have heard of “The Law of Unintended Consequences”, the notion that the cons … more →

Tags: Exams, Cheating, Education


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