A major parliamentary report has called for an urgent overhaul of secondary education in England that would reverse many of the Conservatives’ key educational changes of the past decade.
The House of Lords report says the education system for 11- to 16-year-olds is too focused on academic learning and written exams, resulting in too much learning by rote and not enough opportunity for pupils to pursue creative and technical subjects.
Published on Tuesday, the report also calls for the English baccalaureate, introduced by then education secretary Michael Gove as a school performance measure to encourage the uptake of a narrow… Read More
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The longstanding academic failure of Wheatley High School was cited as one reason for the district takeover.
As students walked out of their first day of classes at Wheatley High School, first-year Nallely Cedillo had one complaint.
“So far I like it, but the only thing that I feel is kind of harsh is that we have to work the first day we go into school,” Cedillo said. “No getting to know the students, getting to know what to really do, it’s just straight into work.”
Superintendent Mike Miles was installed by the… Read More
An education advocacy group is speaking out against the province’s proposed plan to allow Grade 11 students to leave high school to join an apprenticeship program full time.
Earlier this year, the province announced that it intended to permit students to drop out of their final two years of high school to pursue an apprenticeship program in the skilled trades.
On Wednesday, People for Education released a report highlighting concerns with the change.
“The plan, if implemented, would make Ontario the only province or territory in Canada that would support students to leave high school to enter full time apprenticeships,… Read More
As the start of the school year approaches in Florida, some teachers say chaos and confusion have marked the days leading up to reopening as they navigate how to teach under new state policies. Teachers say they are going into classrooms less confident about their lesson plans, confused about changes to state laws and on high alert that once-benign instructions could now get them fired or charged with felonies.
“I don’t know how to approach the year,” said Richard Judd, a social studies teacher at Nova High School in Broward County. “There’s a lot of different ways you can get… Read More
Schools in England are set to receive their highest ever funding in real terms, totaling almost £60 billion for 2024-25 as the government today announced the extra funding they will receive through the National Funding Formula (NFF).
Mainstream schools in England will receive an average of around £6,000 for each pupil from next year through the NFF, with additional funding for teacher pay coming on top of that. More money than ever before is being invested in schools, ensuring every child gets a world class education.
Overall, funding will be at its highest ever level in real terms per pupil… Read More
