InvolverChildren, Schools and Families Secretary, Ed Balls, today announced that he accepts the three-year pay recommendations of the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) for a 2.45 per cent pay rise for teachers from September 2008, with additional increases for some London teachers, and increases of 2.3 per cent per year from 2009 and 2010.
The principal recommendations the Secretary of State proposes to implement are More>>
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All parents will get regular electronic reports on their children’s progress in future – going far beyond the traditional annual school report, Schools Minister Jim Knight announced this week.
Opening BETT 2008, the world’s largest educational technology trade show, he said all secondary schools will be expected to have ‘real-time’ reporting systems up and running by 2010 and all primary schools two years later. Many schools already run these systems. More>>
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I was just having a look on the TES’s forums and this issue seemed to be quite popular. Is it something we could produce a resource on? I’m sure it’s something teachers would really value. Maybe it would just be a short one that could be downloaded for free (if people give us their email address).
The foum thread is here: [TES] What questions will Ofsted ask my School Council?
I will also be monitoring this thread: [TES] How can I evaluate the effectiveness of my school council?
Children are Unbeatable! Alliance campaigns for equal legal protection against violence for children. They are working on letting as many children and young people as possible know about many exciting new opportunities for children and young people to become involved in the campaign.
Website: www.childrenareunbeatable.org.uk/children
Waiting for article from young person about the campaign.
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Some 2,600 schools in London are set to get e-safety software though the London Grid for Learning (ITPro reports).
Online and computer safety software is set to help protect a million London students from inappropriate content and cyber-bullying.
The London Grid for Learning (LGfL), a group of 33 local authorities which provides a common learning platform to schools, announced at the BETT conference in London today
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“Email is a great way to communicate with our stakeholders but too many charities are sending emails from their PC software or Webmail such as outlook and hotmail (writes CharityeMail). These emails lack design, personalisation and are liable to get blocked as spam as well as potentially breaching the Data Protection Act. This article explains the tools we need to send good emails to our supporters and details the things we should look for in an ASP Email Broadcast system. ” more
Any comments?
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