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Tag Archives: Michael Gove
Useful education links from 17th-24th May
Tweet These are some of the education stories we found interesting between the 26th April and 17th-24th May 2013. More than 300,000 children missing school every day (The Telegraph) More than 300,000 school children miss school every day according to … Continue reading
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Tagged compulsory, curriculum, department for education, education, Michael Gove, missing school, primary school, private schools, Scotland, sex education, students, swim, truants, ucas, YouGov
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Half of new free schools will be created in London
Tweet Michael Gove has announced 102 new free schools which are going to open in the England in 2014. The schools, which are state-funded independent schools, will join the existing 81 free schools which have already opened and aim to create 50,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged area, birmingham, department for education, free, Hertfordshire, location, London, Michael Gove, new, Newham, schools, Waltham Forest
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Useful education links from 10th-17th May
Tweet These are some of the education stories we found interesting between the 26th April and 10th-17th May 2013.
MAPPED: Department for Education spent more than £1m on hotels last year
Tweet MAP: The Department for Education’s spend across London hotels in 2012/13. The Department for Education spent more than £1m of taxpayers’ money on hotel rooms for staff last year, including at 4* hotels in the heart of London. The … Continue reading
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Tagged copthorne tara hotel, cost, department for education, FOI, freedom of information, hotel, house of commons, international, kensington, Michael Gove, overnight, priti patel, question, rooms, spend, staff, UK, written
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Useful education links for 3rd-10th May
TweetThese are some of the education stories we found interesting between the May 3rd-10th 2013. Michael Gove attacks ‘infantilisation’ of school curriculum which encourages pupils to compare Nazis to Mr Men (The Independent) Education Secretary Michael Gove attacked the school … Continue reading
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Tagged education, Michael Gove, mr men, nazis, oced, oxbridge, private schools, pupils, school curriculum, scottish teachers association, university, university funding
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Useful education links for April 26th-3rd May
Tweet These are some of the education stories we found interesting between the 26th April and 3rd May 2013. Universities veto adverts over unpaid internships (The Times) Some of the UK’s leading educational institutions are refusing to advertise unpaid internships … Continue reading
MAPPED: How many hours do children spend at school around the world?
Tweet Recently proposed reforms could allow UK state schools to stay open until 4:30pm each day with pupils taking shorter, four-week summer holidays to spend more time in the classroom. We’ve mapped the amount of hours pupils across the world spend … Continue reading
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Tagged average, education, Estonia, hours, Iceland, mapped, Michael Gove, primary school, pupils, Russia, school, Scotland, Spectator Education Conference, spend, Turkey, United Kingdom, year
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Factcheck: Schoolchildren ‘left behind’ by shorter school days?
TweetEducation secretary Michael Gove has called for longer school days and shorter school holidays to improve pupil performance and make life easier for working parents – but does the evidence support him? Matt Burgess and Emma Greatorex investigate.
Posted in Data, Investigation
Tagged Chile, country, education hours, education rankings, Finland, Japan, Michael Gove, National Union of Teachers, OECD, Pearson, pupils, South Korea, United States, world, YouGov
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Useful education links for the last week
These are some of the education stories we found interesting between the 13th and 19th April 2013.
Pupils may get congratulations from David Willetts, the Universities Minister (The Times) – Bright pupils from poor backgrounds could soon receive a letter from ministers encouraging them to apply for university. Continue reading
How influential are re-takes on today’s A-level students?
TweetLast week, it was announced that Michael Gove wanted Universities to have a big influence on the curricula of A-level exams. With Gove’s requests to Ofqual ringing in university’s ears, it’s key to look at some of the elements that … Continue reading
Didn’t catch Gove’s answers to #AskGove? Read our Storify summary
TweetA few weeks ago, we blogged about how the Education Committee was soliciting questions from the public to ask Michael Gove via Twitter. Did you miss the actual committee meeting where Gove answered the questions? Well, there are a few … Continue reading
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Have a burning question on education in the UK? Tweet it.
TweetHave a question you are dying to ask Education Secretary Michael Gove? MPs are asking you to tweet the question with the hashtag #AskGove.
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Tagged Education Committee, Education Secretary, Michael Gove, questions, twitter
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