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Finland: First in class

Posted on24 November, 201330 April, 2015Leave a comment

Finland is recognized for its top ranking education model. Foreign delegations frequently visit the country to try and discover the secret of its success. In the Euronews learning series of videos you can discover the secret of their success.

Can you solve it? The puzzle that is Donald Trump

Reinventing the tangram The tangram was the first ever puzzle craze – and it is still going strong. You may have come across it before. You are shown a shape, and you must arrange seven pieces – five triangles, a square and a rhombus – to make that shape. Continue reading… Source: Education | The Read More …

On the first Stephen Lawrence Day, let’s admit our communities are still unequal | Doreen Lawrence

The 22nd of April is the first National Stephen Lawrence Day – a day commemorating the life of my son, Stephen Lawrence, who was killed in an unprovoked racist attack. Stephen’s story is both tragic and inspirational. But I wish for Stephen’s name not to be identified just with his murder, but with the impact Read More …

Our schools are beyond breaking point – where is the outrage? | John Harris

Last summer, as the politics of Britain’s exit from the EU staggered on and England’s World Cup run offered some kind of respite, I spent an afternoon in Brownhills, near the West Midlands town of Walsall. I was there to try to get beyond the deafening inanities of Brexit, and report on the mounting financial Read More …

AP Government Review Resources – Kahoots and Quizlets from C-SPAN Classroom

AP exam season will be here soon. As they have done for the last five years, C-SPAN Classroom will be hosting a live Cram for the Exam session on May 4th. It’s free and open to any student who is taking the AP Government exam. That’s not the only AP Government review resource that C-SPAN Read More …

Create Individualized Spelling Games Through Flippity Spelling Words

Flippity’s Spelling Words is a free Google Sheets template that you can use to create individualized spelling games for your students. To do this you simply have to make a list of words that you want each of your students to practice. You’ll then put those lists under your students’ names in a Google Sheets Read More …

Year 6 pupils spend Easter at school cramming for Sats

Children at hundreds of primary schools in England are being asked to attend Sats revision classes over the Easter holidays, a teaching union official has revealed, warning that it was part of a disturbing trend. Darren Northcott, the NASUWT national officer for education, said revision classes for primary school pupils were unheard of five years Read More …

‘Upskirting’ pictures of teachers are being taken by pupils as young as 11, union boss warns

Source: Education

Seven-year-old boy threatened to stab pregnant teacher in stomach as union warns of rise in pupil violence

Source: Education

Female teachers need protection from sexual harassment, says union

Female teachers are not being protected against “upskirting” videos and other forms of online sexual harassment by pupils, the leader of one of the UK’s main teaching unions has said, calling for schools and governments to take the issue more seriously. Chris Keates, the general secretary of the NASUWT, said her organisation had found multiple Read More …

Kentucky School District Awarded Additional Funds to Support Recovery Efforts Following Tragic School Shooting Last Year

Benton, Kentucky – U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, alongside Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, announced today that Marshall County School District (MCSD) in Kentucky has been awarded a second Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) grant totaling $460,064. This grant will assist MCSD in its continued recovery efforts following the Jan. 23, 2018, shooting that took the lives Read More …