Miri Yemini. It has now been six months since the referendum results revealed British voters’ decision to withdraw from the European Union, and schools in London are beginning to adjust to this new phase of history. As schools are now…
Monthly Archives: January 2017
Why teachers in London’s most diverse schools believe Brexit threatens British values
Tagged with: Brexit, hyper diverse schools, London, Miri Yemini
Posted in Education policy, Social sciences and social policy, Teaching, learning, curriculum & assessment
Posted in Education policy, Social sciences and social policy, Teaching, learning, curriculum & assessment
What’s the worst that could happen under New US Ed Secretary Betsy DeVos? Some scenarios
US President-Elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Education Secretary, Elisabeth (Betsy) DeVos, has come in for tough questioning this week during her Senate confirmation hearing. Trump has not given education much air time, but has said he wants to spend $20…
Tagged with: Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump, Education under Trump, school vouchers
Posted in Education policy
Posted in Education policy
Talking their language: how London’s university-school partnerships are helping to tackle the MFL crisis
Caroline Conlon. In the ‘Modern Foreign Languages Pedagogy Review’ published last November by the Teaching Schools Council for the Department for Education, Review chair Ian Baukham paints a bleak picture of language learning in England’s secondary schools. He says, ‘… currently fewer than half…
Tagged with: Caroline Conlon, Modern foreign languages, national curriculum, teacher education
Posted in Teachers, Teaching, learning, curriculum & assessment
Posted in Teachers, Teaching, learning, curriculum & assessment
Social inequalities – the report card
Heather Joshi and Emla Fitzsimons . In his speech to the 1999 Labour Party conference Tony Blair compared two babies in adjacent beds on a maternity ward, delivered by the same doctors and midwives but with two ‘totally different lives…
In the era of ‘post-truth politics’ enabling people to take democratic action is more important than ever
Titus Alexander. We may feel like spectators as Brexit and the Trump Presidency unfold, but no one is a bystander. We will either be hit, or act to influence their impact. Educators have a special responsibility to help people make…
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