Lord Adonis has been very prominent of late.
First acknowledging a problem.
Education: Primary pupils without basic skills highlight Labour’s biggest failure, says schools minister.
Polly Curtis in the Guardian on the 21st August.
Then advocating Academy Schools to solve some of the problems.
City academies to take over struggling primary schools
Polly Curtis and Allegra Stratton in the Guardian on [...]
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From a 100 Awesome Classroom Videos - here
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“Ball’s test answer? More futile, top-down plans that Labour loves. by Jenni Russell in this mornings Guardian.
The Children, School and Families Committee site is here.
Their report is here.
Mr Ball’s response is here.
There were some interesting follow up letters to Jenni Russell’s article here.
Keep the tests and refine assessment seems to be the key. To the [...]
This came up in Simon Mill’s (ICT Inspirations Blog) del.icio.us.
We have one or two pages here that explain Scratch.
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An MFL Ning.
Ning? It’s a small scale social network. Create your own Ning for anything.
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An Animation Ning.
Ning? It’s a small scale social network. Create your own Ning for anything.
With a nice crossover to MFL from Lisa Stevens.
El Carnaval de los Animales - 4VH get animated!
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