The most telling question/statement at the launch of the Youth Citizenship Commission‘s final report came from a delegate representing the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), he suggested something along the lines of, “Wouldn’t it be ironic if the Government’s response to this report is to do nothing? What would that tell young people about [...]
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The reaction to the YCC's report will demonstrate the real political will to engage young people
Jun 28
School Councils were featured as being very important in a recent government commission
Ephebiphobia
Mar 17
Interesting article in the Guardian today – discussing how damaging culturally it is for society to fear young people. It talks about the problems with automatically labelling young people in a negative way that I think much of what we do is trying to tackle: Link: Guardian article Also. I wonder if the 16 MPs [...]
Get it in your school diary NOW! February 2009 http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/teachers/sid09.aspx Melodie
Charles Leadbeater is doing lots of writing and talking about the future of education and learning int his country. He wrote a document, What’s Next? 21 Ideas for 21st Century Learning for the Innovation Unit summing up these views. If you’re interested in his vision, I’ve summarised the document below: Despite substantial investment in education, [...]
Participation at post-16
Sep 19
This is really important: Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (National) All colleges must consult their students: Rammell All colleges will have a duty to consult students and employers when making decisions about the education they offer, Minister for Further Education Bill Rammell has announced. The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has published new guidance [...]
The DCSF has just published the Bercow Review into Speech, Language and Communication. In a nutshell it concludes that some children are failing to develop the neccessary skills in this area. It suggests, amongst other things, that Sir Alan Steer looks into how these skills can be developed in every primary school class room. I [...]
Ofsted have just produced a report on successful strategies for taking schools out of special measures, it contains some strong words about pupil participation: Pupils and students’ greater engagement in school life had a significant influence on improving outcomes in almost all of the schools surveyed. … Establishing and keeping high profile a school council, [...]
Stop your whingeing!
Jun 12
A new book, The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic Education argues that the focus on emotional expression and building up self-esteem in schools and colleges is ‘infantilising’ students, leaving them unable to cope with life. In an interview in the Times Higher Education Hayes and Ecclestone, of Oxford Brookes University argue that attention paid to emotional [...]
DCSF Guidance Looks At How Schools Can Get Pupils To Participate – New advice on how to get young people involved in their school and learn important citizenship skills, for example through ‘buddying’ younger pupils and encouraging them to study or improve behaviour was published today, announced Schools Minister Jim Knight. Mark Link to press [...]
Well, not quite, but it’s an interesting project being piloted in Cambridge. Kids are being given cards that entitle them to £500 to spend on specified activities. It’s Government funded to the tune of £1 million. Full story
4 March 2008 The Department for Children, Schools and Families has announced the preferred bidder for the contract to deliver Teachers TV. Education Digital 2, a consortium of Ten Alps PLC and ITN, is in final negotiations over the £50m five-year contract to provide high quality news, information and resources to people who work in [...]
Changes Will Reflect Need For Broader Communication Skills Speaking assessments for GCSE modern foreign languages will change to make them a more accurate reflection of pupils’ ability and their capacity to respond to real life situations, Schools Minister Jim Knight has announced. Link …bit more of a positive spin than reports over the weekend. Mark
Minister for Young People Kevin Brennan today committed a £31million funding boost over the next 3 years, through the Children, Young People and Families Grant Programme, benefiting nearly 100 third sector organisations. Full report here Mark.
A fight for what is right
Feb 14
Tuesday February 5, 2008 The Guardian: The lives of young people in Britain are about to come under United Nations scrutiny, writes Anna Bawden Mark
BBC News: Pupil councils have had little impact on the running of most Welsh secondary schools, says inspection body Estyn. Mark
Teachers will find it easier to take pupils on school trips with more help and advice, less bureaucracy and quality badges for popular destinations, thanks to new guidance from the Department of Children, Schools and Families. The measure is included in the ‘Staying Safe’ Action Plan, launched today. Mark Full report here
From 2011, every 11 to 14-year-old will be given hands-on cooking lessons in how to make cheap, healthy dishes from simple, fresh ingredients, Ed Balls announced today (22 Jan 08). “That is why we are also asking people to e-mail in to [email protected] with suggestions for simply healthy recipes which young people could learn.” Full [...]
Strong Schools and colleges urged to share their formula for success with weaker schools (dcsf news)
Jan 15
The strongest schools and colleges in the country are being urged to export their formula for success and collaborate with weaker schools to bring standards up to the levels of the best. Schools Minister Andrew Adonis launched a prospectus today ….. The Government is providing up to £300,000 set-up funding for high achieving schools that [...]
