http://blogs.independent.co.uk| Blogs from the Independent newspaper - news, views and features from the world's most free-thinking newspaper| Sat, 25 May 2013 23:19:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2| en hourly 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/25/bipartisan-schools-reform/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/25/bipartisan-schools-reform/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:01:41 +0000 John Rentoul http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34473 I was intrigued by a line in Michael Gove’s speech to teachers and headteachers today: I’m also an admirer of John Blake of Labour Teachers, who has transcended party politics to praise all schools which succeed for their pupils, even if they are academies or free schools… I hadn’t come across Blake before, but I was sure [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/25/bipartisan-schools-reform/feed/ 6 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/24/helping-youngsters-to-gain-financial-skills-will-help-us-all/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/24/helping-youngsters-to-gain-financial-skills-will-help-us-all/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:19:58 +0000 Simon Read http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34410 Debt-ridden young adults face years of money woes. But a new movement hopes to help them.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/24/helping-youngsters-to-gain-financial-skills-will-help-us-all/feed/ 7 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/22/justin-bieber-could-teach-kids-a-thing-or-two-about-history/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/22/justin-bieber-could-teach-kids-a-thing-or-two-about-history/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:42:07 +0000 Jennifer Lipman http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=34364 When it comes to the thorny question of education, there are plenty of points of view around, with Michael Gove urging more rigour and the teaching unions staunchly opposing his plans.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/22/justin-bieber-could-teach-kids-a-thing-or-two-about-history/feed/ 3 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/10/grammar-schools-are-the-key-to-social-mobility/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/10/grammar-schools-are-the-key-to-social-mobility/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:39:15 +0000 Rohan Banerjee http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=33961 No less awed by its architecture, no less humbled by its size, I made my way through the grand archway of my former grammar school in Ramsgate, where I’d been a pupil for seven years. Now studying politics, I was back at my old school conducting research for a dissertation on class divisions, asking whether education and the job market had become the preserve of the privileged, or if someone from my ordinary background could still slip through the net?]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/04/10/grammar-schools-are-the-key-to-social-mobility/feed/ 71 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/06/goves-liberation-theology-speech/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/06/goves-liberation-theology-speech/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:35:23 +0000 John Rentoul http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=32329 One reason Michael Gove will never be prime minister is that he cannot resist a good joke. His speech to the Social Market Foundation yesterday was a joy to read, partly because his mockery of right-on attitudes was so pointed. Those who enjoy wealth and power in our society – however bohemian their lifestyle, artistic their circle [...]]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2013/02/06/goves-liberation-theology-speech/feed/ 2 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/19/the-munch-poke-ping-report-why-we-need-to-help-excluded-young-people-stay-safe-online/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/19/the-munch-poke-ping-report-why-we-need-to-help-excluded-young-people-stay-safe-online/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:01:07 +0000 Stephen Carrick-Davies http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=30017 Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) provide education for children who cannot go to mainstream school. Supporting excluded young people in PRUs can be challenging, especially when it comes to the use and misuse of social media. Stephen Carrick-Davies, author of the ‘Munch Poke Ping’ report shares what mainstream schools can learn from the work being done in PRUs.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/19/the-munch-poke-ping-report-why-we-need-to-help-excluded-young-people-stay-safe-online/feed/ 0 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/19/anti-bullying-week-children-are-scared-to-be-brilliant-to-shine/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/19/anti-bullying-week-children-are-scared-to-be-brilliant-to-shine/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:38:24 +0000 Lauren Seager-Smith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29997 With Anti-Bullying Week running from 19-23 November, Lauren Seager-Smith from the Anti-Bullying Alliance (ABA), which is hosted by the National Children’s Bureau, discusses the effects of bullying on our children and young people and what can be done to tackle it.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/19/anti-bullying-week-children-are-scared-to-be-brilliant-to-shine/feed/ 16 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/02/do-students-have-a-right-to-be-consulted-about-issues-affecting-their-schools/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/02/do-students-have-a-right-to-be-consulted-about-issues-affecting-their-schools/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:15:36 +0000 Liam Young http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29595 We need to ask the question of whether students are being given an adequate say in the changes taking place within their learning establishments. The truth is, they are not. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/11/02/do-students-have-a-right-to-be-consulted-about-issues-affecting-their-schools/feed/ 23 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/24/successful-scientists-what%e2%80%99s-the-winning-formula/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/24/successful-scientists-what%e2%80%99s-the-winning-formula/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:00:52 +0000 Corinne Pritchard http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29377 Nobel-prize winning biologist and pre-eminent stem cell scientist John Gurdon may not have had the best start to his career according to his school report, but for many more of today’s scientists their curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge started in the classroom. ]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/24/successful-scientists-what%e2%80%99s-the-winning-formula/feed/ 1 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/19/women-in-science-physics-is-not-done-better-by-men/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/19/women-in-science-physics-is-not-done-better-by-men/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:16:37 +0000 David Porter http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29286 The Institute of Physics report last week on the lack of girls progressing on to study physics at A-level continues to cause concern but is not surprising. Of course we need more positive female role models in the sciences and physics in particular and of course the media need to give more exposure to those that do exist.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/19/women-in-science-physics-is-not-done-better-by-men/feed/ 45 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/16/world-food-day-tackling-hunger-in-britain-through/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/16/world-food-day-tackling-hunger-in-britain-through/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:29:14 +0000 Lindsay Boswell http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=29176 Today, the 16th October, is World Food Day. Many in the UK may not have heard about it, because its focus is often on hunger and malnutrition in developing countries and because many people don’t think that in the UK, the 7th richest country in the world, people go hungry. But they do.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/16/world-food-day-tackling-hunger-in-britain-through/feed/ 9 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/07/does-michael-gove-really-know-what-he-is-doing/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/07/does-michael-gove-really-know-what-he-is-doing/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:49:38 +0000 Jane Smith http://blogs.independent.co.uk/?p=28246 Having taught Key Stage One (ages six to seven) for six years, I would like to challenge a few of the ‘changes’ that have been made to the English curriculum by the education secretary and share a few of my trade secrets that get children interested in reading and writing – many of the things that Gove seems so keen on phasing out.]]> http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/09/07/does-michael-gove-really-know-what-he-is-doing/feed/ 184