Well, what do you know?
I mean really, what do you know? And how did you find it out? Were you taught it? And if so, were you taught it by teachers, by mates, by parents or by the hard knocks of the School of Life? Or – even – by the telly? Go on, admit it, you can learn… Read More »
Ready, steady…
Don’t you love the smell of a new pencil case in September? Even as I write, I am thinking two things: “How old school is such a thought?” and “Ah, probably not”. The feel of a new laptop possibly, then, or glee at the prospect of whole new technologies reclining seductively in the classroom: “Look… Read More »
Blooming Marvellous
Hilary Moriarty looks at the reasons behind the successes in the independent sector reported in this year’s ISC census.
Open for business
Information sharing means that schools can no longer hide their deficiencies – and that’s a very good thing.
Hot showers or Shakespeare?
If we want more young people to study it, it’s time put the glamour back into engineering.
The gift of tongues
Learning to speak another language may be hard, but it has long-lasting benefits.
Can everyone 'do' maths?
They do furnish a room
The digital revolution is all very well, but you can’t beat the physical presence of a book, says Hilary Moriarty.
I helped ignite the exams marking debate – in 1998!
In 1998, I helped to ignite a debate about marking standards in examinations – a debate that has never really gone away.