Monthly Archives: November 2014

Originally posted on Scenes From The Battleground:
This post is the final part of a series of posts about Digital Natives which are in turn part of a series of posts about The Future. Last time I mentioned that the…

Teachers are overworked and underpaid so why would they willingly give up their evenings and flock together to discuss teaching some more? Teachers are under constant pressure to hit targets, mark books, attend meetings, parent’s evenings, twilights… Yet, the teachmeet … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Esse Quam Videri:
The conversation took place on a balcony in the south of France near Perpignan this summer. The view was beautiful and I’m pretty sure we enjoying some local wine. My husband and I, both…

New Maths GCSE grades 1 to 9 grade descriptors The Department of further Education (DfE) have released some ‘grade descriptors’ for the new GCSEs graded 1 to 9 for Maths and they are clearly different from grade descriptions which apply … Continue reading →

But it’s not because I couldn’t write one. I have quite strong views on private schools, and I even think they’re well-reasoned. But I’m not going to write about them. Why?  This isn’t a blog about private schools – Mr … Continue reading →

Originally posted on chronotope:
In October I went to visit Glen Whitman at St. Andrew’s School near Washington. He is the Dean of Studies there but is also a force of nature who runs an in-house research centre that has completely…

Originally posted on reflectivemaths's Blog:
Wow. Take a look at this: From here: http://www.wjec.co.uk/uploads/publications/8410.pdf Now guess how many marks. The paper is a Foundation paper lasting 1 1/4 hours and has a total of 65 marks. (This Q is also…