News archive for 30th April 2017

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Headteachers raise prospect of strike for first time in six years over education cuts - Telegraph Outstanding school put into special measures 'because it did not have a fence' - Telegraph Education committee right to call for an end to ‘high stakes’ assessment, says NAHT - NAHT Speech by general secretary Russell Hobby at NAHT’s Annual Conference 2017 - NAHT Day 3: Annual conference round-up - NAHT Duchess of Cambridge's school advice charity warns against funding cuts - Express Jeremy Corbyn pledges to plug 'school funding black hole' - BBC David Didau: why group socialisation theory argues against grammar schools - The Learning Spy National College for Onshore Oil and Gas opening delayed - FE Week Corbyn: Labour will let councils build new schools and take over academies - Schools Week University World News - Africa edition: week ending 30 April 2017 - University World News Corbyn: We are brave enough to reverse £3bn school cuts - Schools Week School business leaders ‘not sleeping at night’ over funding cuts - Schools Week David Didau unwittingly argues for selection - To Miss with Love Corbyn: Labour is "brave enough" to reverse £3 billion of education funding cuts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Headteachers may be "called upon" to take industrial action over funding cuts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Theresa May indicates she plans to press on with new National Funding Formula - Times Educational Supplement | TES University World News - Global Edition: weekending 30th April 2017 - University World News US research: 'Rigorous' maths boosts young children's social skills, study suggests - Times Educational Supplement | TES MPs urge 'caution' over introducing Reception baseline - Nursery World School funding: Shorter school week should be considered, say head teachers - BBC David Didau: why ‘grammar schools for all’ won’t work - The Learning Spy Parents facing school gate BAN over playground disputes - Express Lessons in brushing to save children’s teeth - Times Richard Branson: dyslexia is merely another way of thinking - Times Schoolboy given goggles to regain sight - BBC Teacher knows best? Not any longer as parents muscle in on the classroom - Guardian