With thanks to Hazel Clawley for this post. At its Autumn Conference 2010, the Green Party of England and Wales voted to include in its main policy document, Policies

BETT 2011 visitor registration is now live! Visitors can now register for their free pass to attend BETT 2011, the world’s largest technology in education show which

SATS TEST on Educational Ideas for MPs, Teachers and Parents With thanks to Roland Meighan for this http://www.rolandmeighan.co.uk/ 1. Who said ‘for all children some of the time, and

Backing a loser? “Michael Gove says “No ideology, just doing what actually works”. But he chooses as his model Sweden. Why? … In Finland, school begins at age seven,

The Child The True Foundation Conference The DVD from the recent OpenEYE conference is now available and can be purchased for £19 inc p&p. It contains three fascinating and

Item from AERO E-news Wen says rote learning must go in Chinese schools Chinese schools have to get their students to be creative and think for themselves, Premier Wen

INVITATION:  A Centenary – Edmond Holmes: ‘What Is and What Might Be’ and ‘The Tragedy of Education’  Revisited The 2011 Summer edition of the Journal of Personalised Education Now

It’s the Company you keep? "Firms that specialize in outsourcing education hope to profit from the Tory schools revolution by providing more frontline services, such as shaping

Fear And Violence Plague Girls In UK Cities Says Report By Children’s Charity ALMOST half of all girls living in the UK’s biggest cities feel unsafe walking around their

British Library opens £500k Learning Centre www.bl.uk/learning

Ofsted and Special Needs Identification and Support... the wrong argument Ofsted chief inspector Christine Gilbert said: "With over one in five children of school age in England identified as

University of Manchester Goes Mobile with Blackboard Smartphone Apps Will Drive Student Engagement and Enhance Learning Support AMSTERDAM – 14 September, 2010 – Blackboard Inc.

YoungMinds announces shortlist for book award Throughout the summer young people from book groups, and schools have been reviewing books to whittle down a shortlist for the YoungMinds Book

Chris Shute was prompted after reading John Taylor Gatto to hold forth on assessment. He does so in his own inimitable and readable style. This extended article will

TED Talks TED.com week 08.09.2010. Sugata Mitra - Education Scientist There are some really great inputs on the weekly TED talks. Sugata Mitra's work is quite astonishing in illustrating

Given that schooling is completely comfortable in imposing itself  univited on children and young people during the daytime and then adding to the injustice sets about monopolising their

Some items from IALA (International Association for Learning Alternatives) News Autumn 2010 Linda Hammond-Darling on Choice Alternatives, the National Scene

1) Planning to Change the World: A Plan Book for Social Justice Teachers (BOOK) 2) Get all 24 talks