Many families struggle with the preparation for the 11+ exam as it seems like the necessary material is not even taught in primary schools. Hence, it is up to the parents to make up for the teacher’s omissions. Teachers argue, on the other hand, that there is not enough time for teaching the tasks relevant …
The Walworth County Literacy Council’s jail has introduced a tutor system in 2008, allowing the inmates to work towards passing their GED. Somewhat surprisingly, the tutors sent in report back that it is easier to teach these inmates than teaching students in secondary form, because the prisoners are eager to learn and enlarge their knowledge. …
In Greenwich a couple of parents came together to take part in a workshop suggested by the PTA of their children’s school. The recommendation was to show the parents what it feels like for their children to learn the STEM subjects. These targeted workshops enjoyed huge popularity amongst adults and lead to a better understanding …
The recent hype about aggressive clowns wandering through all big cities in the UK does not put a hold before schools. As Halloween is coming up authorities have asked retailers to stop selling scary Clown costumes. Last week four children arrived at school extremely distressed, as a man in a clown outfit carrying a knife …
Famous war horse author Michael Morpurgo raised awareness for the fact that too many tests and assessments in school would in fact make the gap between passing and failing kids even bigger rather than just showing their momentous academic skills. Although these tests are designed to identify lower achieving children in order to give them …
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The current education system is going to be hit by as many as 730.000 children starting school in 2020. These numbers suggest that there will be a strong need for more governmental funding in the upcoming years to build new schools. Furthermore, the staff employed at these novel institutions must also have an outstanding educational …
Stigmatisation of taking tutoring or tuition has been replaced by the need of students to get extra support. Whereas 20 years ago it was considered a sign of little intelligence when you had to hire a private teacher to get you on speed with your classmates, nowadays, everyone seems to have their personal tutors. One …
With the start of this academic year, an era has passed – the time of grading students on GCSE after an A*-G system is up. Now a new system using numbers from 1-9 is supposed to give the pupils a better understanding of their current state of knowledge and it will also allow them to …
25% of education authorities are using the 4+, 7+ and 11+ entrance examinations to filter the best fits for the high quality of teaching material that is delivered in those schools. However, these tests sometimes seem to be harder or easier on children depending on their social and educational background. To pave the way for …
In the last decades a lot of money has been put into research to find out which tasks can be overtaken by robots or IT-systems as such. Unsurprisingly, almost every profession can be conducted by a metal man in a quicker or more effective way, even the teaching of children in schools. However, since emotions …
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