Curriculum

This week, the Department of Work and Pensions commissioned the Right Honourable Alan Milburn (pictured) to research why almost a million 16-24 year olds are Not in Education Employment or Training (NEET) in the country. This must be a turning point. It is an opportunity on two fronts. Firstly...

Patrick Yarker looks at the shortcomings of a recent EEF research study, including its failure to understand the depth of the issue it purports to address. The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is government-funded. Its research projects align closely with the DfE’s ‘Areas of Research Interest’...

by Alex Wilson Last week, I showed two year 7 classes the following picture in their French lessons: To introduce new vocabulary on the topic of likes and dislikes, the students had to match the French and the English. The top set (32 students), who I asked to match the words with no further...

A second day of strike action has now taken place against replacing teachers with remote teaching in Star Academies. With local NEU activists having the impression that Star Academies are settling in for the long haul on this dispute, it is worth having a look at what lies behind this, and its...

The first day of strike action has taken place against replacing teachers with remote teaching in Star Academies. NEU members at the ‘Valley Leadership Academy’ in Bacup voted 82% for strike action in their dispute over the imposition of a ‘virtual teacher’, with the first day's action taking place...

The ‘final report’ of the curriculum and assessment review was published yesterday . To say it is ‘disappointing’ might be not quite right, as the initial document and interim report both signalled very clearly an intent only to tweak , not to properly review. But it absolutely is a missed...

Educators' Fightback continues our guide to debates at NEU conference. This one cover motions 8 to 11, the section on Assessment, Curriculum and Accountability. Motion 8 The impact of AI in education The motion introduces the subject of AI, but would be strengthened by the amendments. Amendment 8.1...

In the run-up to NEU Conference later this month, Educators' Fightback will be publishing blog posts looking at some of the debates ... The Curriculum and Assessment Review was launched by the Labour government in July, due to report some time at the end of this year, maybe. An interim report was...

A teacher writes ... As someone who never likes getting rid of books, I still have my pink-covered copy of the Cockroft Report - required reading when I was training to be a maths teacher in the early ‘90s. It is the report, published in 1982, of the ‘committee of inquiry into the teaching of...

Last week, a youth worker in the UK named Hannah Wilkinson tweeted an image from a textbook used today in this country for A-Level history. Students were asked “To what extent do you believe the treatment of native Americans has been exaggerated?” Wilkinson asked “In what world is this is an...