Archive

2005

Several highlights, beginning in March with a double page feature in the Guardian, where I outlined the case for better teacher training in Britain. I followed that in May with a critique of learning styles; the contraversial approach to teaching and learning adopted, apparently without caveat, by several government agencies.

I was pleased with the Capita story in March, where I revealed the business giant's problems with a software upgrade affecting thousands of schools. The comment piece on the education white paper was also a source of satisfaction.

Use these links to read the copy.

Professionals or Parrots? : Each to their own : Software Glitches : Beyond the school gates

And the best of the rest.

Bogus league tables. TES 13th January

An annual league table of teacher trainers has been branded meaningless and pseudo-scientific.

Give and take. TES February 4th

Pay for support staff is improving, but employers are clawing the money back through changes in working conditions.

It's Well Worth the Risk. TES 18th February

A new study reveals that adventure trips are both safe and worthwhile.

Professionals - or Parrots? Guardian Eduction 8th March.

Guardian Education lead feature on the failure to train teachers effectively.

Software glitches strike schools. Guardian news pages 15th March

Capita attacked as IT upgrade goes haywire.

Daring to be Different. TES 8th April.

Broadclyst primary near Exeter, where there are classes with 50 pupils.

Spectre of no pension. TES 13th May

Ill health retirement for teachers.

Support or segregation. Guardian Op/Ed 11th June

Debate with Dea Birkett on the merits of special schools.

Another day, another school. Guardian Education 12th July.

Dispersing asylum seekers across the country is having a devastating effect on their children's education.

Prince's Trust failing to have an impact. Independent 3rd September.

Research showed that the Prince's Trust spent years supporting middle class graduates, whilst claiming to focus on the disadvantaged and unemployed.

Master of the great outdoors. Guardian Education 27th September

Modern Apprenticeships in outdoor education

Beyond the school gates. Guardian Op/Ed October 25th

Comment on the education white paper.

After the fall. Guardian Education Cover Story. 1st November.

Jean Else, a successful head facing the sack after a critical audit of her school.

One flash and the excitement was gone. Guardian Education 15th November.

Royal Society of Chemistry survey reveals that many schools are over-cautious about science experiments.