Scottish Teacher Recruitment Problems – So, Abolish National Pay Rates
It appears that there are problems in recruiting teachers in Scotland - the answer therefore is to abolish those national pay scales. For quite...
All That US Help To Poor Kids In School Makes No Difference At All
At least, no great difference in the gap between poor kids and richer kids in achievements at school. Which is something of a pity...
It Is Paranoia To Spot A Conspiracy About Children’s Pre-School Speaking Ability
Entirely just a scare story, something invented in the corners of our own heads. To see this complaining about children's pre-school literacy and verbosity...
Donald Trump Just Fired An Awful Lot Of Grievance Studies Professors
Donald Trump just issued an executive order insisting that colleges obey the First Amendment. That something is wrong with American academia is shown by...
The Education System For The 93% Should Teach Which 1% Interests?
Quite obviously, given the historic interest, the public school system must indeed teach the techniques of safe gay sex under a necessity that doesn't...
Cambridge University Decides To Increase Drop Out Rates Among Disadvantaged Students
It does seem rather cruel to set people up to fail. Even, ambitiously cruel to set them up to fail while tying a debt...
Now Here’s a Surprise, University Works
Given the calibre of some of the people I know teach in a modern British university I'm unlikely to believe that the system works...
The N Word Row – Clearly This PhD Student Shouldn’t Be At Cambridge
The reason to be at university is that one is uneducated and wish to become more educated. The very presence at an institution of...
There’s A Simple Solution To Teacher Stress – Abolish School Holidays
We're told that teachers suffer terribly from stress. Given the source I'd not want to put all that much weight on the finding. What,...
How German – Your Children Will Be Educated By The State, Not Homeschooled
The usual stereotype of Germany, where everything not forbidden is mandatory, is only a little overblown. After all the one great lesson of the...