News archive for 26th January 2018

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John Jerrim: A digital divide? Randomised evidence on the impact of computer-based assessment in PISA - CfEE | Centre for Education Economics US and England opt out of fake news test designed to assess how well children spot fake news - Independent Teaching has become a toxic profession - HuffPost Academy's inclusion officer stabbed in the face by 'ideal pupil' - Times Educational Supplement | TES SNP challenged to give teachers 10 per cent pay rise - Scotsman Bob Geldof: new data protection law putting 'intolerable burden' on schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES HESA statistics show ‘stagnation’ for UK universities - PIE News Education World Forum focuses on edtech benefits - PIE News International students boost housing investment - PIE News Sharon Hodgson MP: School time should be a chance for children to learn, not to worry about hungry tummies - PoliticsHome ​Why the EEF focuses on failure as well as success - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF EAL pupils outperform native English speakers at GCSE - Education Endowment Foundation | EEF GSE: Re-imagining learning with Dr. Howard Gardner - Edmodo ESFA: Inform - Education & Skills Funding Agency Qualification achievement rates 2016 to 2017 - Education & Skills Funding Agency School land: decisions about disposals - Education & Skills Funding Agency Free school travel: funding allocations - DfE Registration of free schools - DfE Peer criticises schools for supporting gender-questioning pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Daily roundup 26 January: League tables, serious case review, and eating disorders - CYPN | Children & Young People Now New research questions results from the PISA 2015 study - IOE London Blog Is PISA still a fair basis for comparison? Some serious questions have emerged - IOE London Blog T levels – we need your views - ATL MillionPlus response to the MAC inquiry on overseas students - MillionPlus In the news: 26 January - UCU Opportunity areas: S31 grant determination and letters - DfE New school proposals - DfE AoC comments on key stage 4 progress measures - AoC | Association of Colleges AoC comments on key stage 4 progress measures - AoC | Association of Colleges Teachers believe ed tech improves outcomes - but think their schools hold it back - Times Educational Supplement | TES The Tes podcast: League tables, governors and trouble in the SLT - Times Educational Supplement | TES Make maths a ‘national priority’ for Scotland’s schools - Scotsman Long read: Behind closed doors at the Davos of education - Times Educational Supplement | TES Education ministers need to stop arguing about skills - Schools Week Caution urged over college's Progress 8 scores - Times Educational Supplement | TES Laura McInerney: education ministers need to stop arguing about skills - Schools Week Laura McInerney: education ministers need to stop arguing about skills - Schools Week Scots pupils’ pirates message in bottle from 1980s washes up in Florida - Scotsman Teachers in Scotland could strike over pay - BBC New campaign demands 10% pay rise for all teachers in Scotland - Times Educational Supplement | TES Attainment gap between deaf pupils and their peers widens - Times Educational Supplement | TES 12 rules for schools – Rule 4 compare yourself to who you were yesterday, not to who someone else is today - The Learning Spy Peter Lauener to donate his salary to help hard-up students - Times Educational Supplement | TES DfE looking at Ofsted and RSC overlap - Schools Week Ofsted Watch: Luton Sixth Form College slips from grade one - FE Week Teaching chiefs demand 10% pay hike - Herald Scotland The racism and culture questions schools chiefs in Wales won't put to students - Wales Online DfE urges caution over schools dropping below GCSE floor standard for first time - Times Educational Supplement | TES Why we still need to teach young people about the Holocaust - The Conversation London headteacher suspended after fraud arrest - Schools Week Area reviews mishandled early on, DfE research concludes - FE Week New toolkit to help parents and teachers talk to children about online safety launched - London School of Economics | LSE Better Start Bradford launches environmental project - Nursery World A warm welcome home to Team Wales - Welsh Government Policy Eye: Highlights of the week ending 26th January 2018 - Pearson DfE examining whether Ofsted/RSC 'overlap' is waste of money - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tom Perry: Progress 8 is biased towards grammar schools – here’s the solution - Schools Week Oxford University admits more women than men for first time – Ucas - Guardian Progress 8 is biased towards grammar schools – here’s the solution - Schools Week Diversity starts in schools – children need to see a wider range of careers - Guardian Lauener pledges salary to student hardship fund - FE Week Multi-academy trusts fail to implement Baker clause - FE Week Top providers turn to MPs for non-levy relief - FE Week Over half of Learndirect’s 17,000 apprentices failed last year - FE Week We need a bigger conversation about bullying in academia | Anonymous academic - Guardian Revealed: The hidden cost of free schools - Schools Week Children are tech addicts – and schools are the pushers | Eliane Glaser - Guardian Is PISA still a fair basis for comparison? Some serious questions have emerged - Education Datalab New bid to attract STEM teachers to rural areas - Scotsman Designing innovative global education futures - Wonkhe Baker Clause: MATs failing to meet new rules - Schools Week School governor numbers slashed due to growth of academy trusts - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call to throw open control of academy trusts to parents and communities - Times Educational Supplement | TES 20% off job training, an opportunity to make improvements not a drain on productivity - FE News Restrictive post-Brexit immigration 'seriously damaging' to universities - Herald Scotland Migrants who speak English as a second language get better GCSE grades than British kids - The Sun Oxford University admits more women than men for first time in history - Independent Strike ballots launched at 12 colleges in dispute over pay - Times Educational Supplement | TES More doubts cast on reliability of Pisa scores - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools told to throw open their doors to parents - Times Educational Supplement | TES Doubts grow over apprenticeship levy as numbers drop - Times Secondary tables show free school pupils thriving - Times University party using religion as ‘excuse to get drunk’ - Times The scandal of inadequate apprenticeships - Times Scotland: Universities taken to task over lack of poorer students - Times