Category Archives: European Influence

Working-class children do worse at school in Britain than in Estonia, Hungary or Greece

Posted on April 30, 2012 by dchan

Working-class children are more likely to be consigned to educational failure in Britain than in most other developed nations, according to international research. {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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More teenagers to take GCSEs in foreign languages 2012

Posted on March 16, 2012 by dchan

Foreign languages are making a comeback in schools following government reforms designed to downgrade “soft subjects”, it emerged today.  Four-in-10 secondary school in England are reporting a rise in the number of pupils taking French, German and Spanish at GCSE, … Continue reading →

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Ofqual calls for more multiple choice questions in A-levels

Posted on February 2, 2012 by tburr

Glenys Stacey, chief executive of Ofqual, said the Government should consider an overhaul of the system used to evaluate pupils’ abilities amid fears schools are too reliant on traditional exams. She said a review of international evidence showed that other … Continue reading →

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Are Finnish schools the best in the world?

Posted on May 26, 2011 by LWhitehill

They have no uniforms, no selection, no fee-paying and no league tables. Yet Finland’s education system consistently tops global rankings. Richard Garner of The Independent finds out what we can learn from them. {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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Ban mobile phones and wireless networks in schools, say European leaders

Posted on May 17, 2011 by LWhitehill

Mobile phones and computers with wireless internet connections pose a risk to human health and should be banned from schools, a powerful European body has ruled. Richard Gray of The Telegraph. {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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