Por Inglaterra

How can government justify cuts when there’s money for a £45m free school?

Principal Eddie Playfair attacks the government’s decision to open a £45m free school sixth-form when successful colleges in the same area are suffering funding reductions.

 

Também Por Inglaterra…

… como por cá em muitas escolas, incluindo caixotes escolares, do 1º ciclo.

Schools asking parents to pay for basic supplies, survey finds

Parents are being asked to make voluntary contributions for items once covered by school budgets, say teachers.

 

Por Inglaterra

The state must cede power the right way

The latest row over free schools demonstrates the pitfalls of indiscriminate decentralisation. Now it’s time to focus on the needs of those who use public services.

 

A Vidinha, Também Por Lá

Secret Teacher: where will our battle against time end?

It’s not right for teachers to lower their standards. But because there’s so much to do, our lives are increasingly unsustainable.

 

Por Inglaterra

Record number of parents fined for allowing their children to skip lessons as 8,000 are taken to court

• 52,370 £60 penalty notices were also issued last year – up 25 per cent

• In 7,806 cases, someone was prosecuted for non-payment – up 23 per cent

• Government says 130,000 more children in school because of fine regime

• Benefits could be removed from families who let their children skip school

 

Não É Só Por Lá

Secret Teacher: competing for teaching jobs is like being on a reality TV show

Job hunting in teaching resembles Strictly Come Teaching meets the Krypton Factor – with a sprinkling of X Factor. It’s becoming a farce.

 

Também Por Lá…

… há idiotas de primeira apanha. Gente sobranceira, emproada de sucesso, tipo piresdelima.

Vince Cable tells teachers: you know nothing about world of work

Business secretary’s speech appears to accuse teachers of failing to give students correct career advice.

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A diferença é que há quem tente remediar o mal, mesmo se o fazem de forma desajeitada, com o velho “fora de contexto”. Por cá ainda diriam pior…

Vince Cable did not mean to offend teachers, says Clegg

Deputy prime minister says business secretary’s comment about teachers not knowing about world of work taken out of context.

 

Não É Apenas Por Lá

Ou no mundo universitário, pois no não superior as condições são bem mais desgastantes.

Dark thoughts: why mental illness is on the rise in academia

University staff battling anxiety, poor work-life balance and isolation aren’t finding the support they need.

 

Por Inglaterra

Education inequality in England: where is the gap widening?

For the fourth year running, the South East of England has the largest gap between the grades of its poorer pupils and the average in each local authority. We present the data.

 

God Shave The Queen!

Teachers should be obliged to take part in extracurricular activities such as sport and drama, according to an influential MPs’ report out today.

Participation should be included as a formal aspect of a teacher’s contract of employment, says a report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on social mobility.

It embraces the idea that schools should be more than just “exam factories” and place greater emphasis on building their pupils’ character and resilience – as pledged by Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt in an interview with The Independent yesterday.

Por cá, já temos drama suficiente e quanto a desporto, já fazemos bastante para escapar à saraivada de disparates com que somos brindados, semana sim, semana assim-assim.

 

Como Cá, Por Lá A “Esquerda” E A Direita Confundem-se

Ed Miliband: Labour will give parents power to oust headteachers

Proposed public service overhaul includes education hit squads to boost performance of failing schools or teachers.

 

Interessante

Education’s Berlin Wall: the private schools conundrum

Does a better social mix make these schools acceptable? The left has been silent on this issue for the past 40 years.

 

Por Inglaterra

Performance-Related Pay Will Be A Débacle

 

Sobre As “Escolas Livres”…

Através do Olhe que Não:

Free schools narrowly escaped their first strike action – but there’s still much to protest about

Free schools were meant to give power to parents. Instead it seems that cost-cutting and profit will soon reign supreme.

 

Por Inglaterra

The academies model: fragmentation, favouritism and failure

Our peculiar education system that allows for academies and free schools should be phased out. All publicly-funded schools need to be placed in a common framework as soon as possible.

 

Por Inglaterra

Questions on Tory donor school role

An MP has claimed a Conservative Party vice-chairman was involved in the business management and governance of a flagship free school in Bradford which became mired in financial irregularities involving public money.

 

Por Inglaterra

Government shuts free school amid claims taxpayers’ money was wasted

Lord Nash says weak leadership and unqualified teaching means Discovery New School in West Sussex must close.

 

Por Cá, Ainda Acabavam Em Ministros Ou Gurus Mediáticos

Lloyds Banking Group fined record £28m in new mis-selling scandal

Pressure on staff to get ‘a grand in your hand’ or face demotion led to bonus-induced selling frenzy, FCA says.

 

Também Por Lá

When it comes to special educational needs, the government is helping a few but ignoring thousands of others

The children and families bill contains an acknowledgment that de-regulation doesn’t solve everything in education.

 

O “Liberalismo” Como Alguns O Entendem…

… embora por cá ainda exista que disfarce e diga que é tudo (cheque-ensino incluído) em prol dos mais necessitados. Tretas…

Poorest students face £350m cut in grants