schools

Gordon Brown - an appeal from billyblogginsdonkey 911 days old

[ ... ] place where schools send the "disaffected" so schools can concentrate on meeting their targets for GCSE results. That is an appalling way to ...

Harlow College - bleeding staff dry from billyblogginsdonkey 935 days old

Story about working conditions in today's Guardian Education. Lecturers are poised for strike action as the Principal Colin Hindmarch is about to ...

Drug taking and teachers from billyblogginsdonkey 950 days old

Interesting story in the Education pages of the BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6538987.stm Thank God I only have a Jack Daniels and Horlicks ...

Easter holidays from billyblogginsdonkey 955 days old

[ ... ] the feeder schools nearby who farm the "dissaffected" kids out to college to get their NVQ level 1s in laundrywork, ferreting, cobbling and ...

Special Powers for Teachers from billyblogginsdonkey 958 days old

Just what we have been waiting for in education. From a teachers perspective, for far too long we have had the wrong attitudes by a lot of kids who think ...

Playing Truant from billyblogginsdonkey 961 days old

Did you ever bunk off school for the afternoon? I must confess I did not proud of it but did it a couple of times. According to the BBC, it is a far ...

Alan Johnson faces chop from billyblogginsdonkey 962 days old

[ ... ] of time in schools and colleges to find out what its all about before making up daft policy decisions. It just shows that Blair will appoint ...

Schools and the Veil from billyblogginsdonkey 969 days old

BBd agrees with the current line on the veil in schools - if it hinders education then it should be removed. Jack - take your veil off. There that's ...

The school lottery game from billyblogginsdonkey 990 days old

[ ... ] improved ALL schools so much - why is there a need for a short-straws lottery? Aren't all schools - "Brilliant"? Yet another Labour shambles. ...

School bans kiss chase from billyblogginsdonkey 1005 days old

Kiss Chase and Tag is too rough. Whatever next? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/6356865.stm Formative games should be part of the National Curriculum. ...