News archive for 2nd February 2019

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Eureka! Teaching for creativity. C = f (K, P, D) - Teacherhead The complex web of freedom of speech guidance - Wonkhe Creating the right environment for freedom of expression: new guidance for universities - Universities UK 5 things which confuse me about Ofsted - Teacher Toolkit Podcast 38: Why can quitting make you a better teacher? - Teacher Toolkit Ban mobiles in classrooms to curb 'excessive' screen time, says schools minister - PoliticsHome Why asking students to ‘switch off’ shows misunderstanding of their social dynamic - HuffPost Policy Eye - highlights of the week ending 1 February - Pearson Free speech to be protected at university - DfE Ofsted Chief Inspector questioned on new draft education inspection framework - UK Parliament Forget holiday revision clubs – get up early instead - Times Educational Supplement | TES Good research is good - but experience is better - Times Educational Supplement | TES The exams system doesn’t put children at its heart - Times Educational Supplement | TES Gibb calls on schools to ban phones - Times Educational Supplement | TES Cumbersome performance tables need a rethink - Times Educational Supplement | TES Behaviour: 6 ways to support isolated pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES History is a victim of Gove's back-of-an-envelope policies - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ban phones in schools, says minister Nick Gibb - BBC Minister rejects call for blanket ban on mobile phones in schools - Guardian Snowflake student unions are told they are not allowed to ban speakers who might cause offence - Mail Boy, six, removed from school after he was found carrying a knife - Metro Ban smartphones from the classroom and lecture kids on dangers, minister suggests - HuffPost Worlds collide as gay assistant head teaches kids about homosexuality in 98 per cent Muslim community - The Sun Ark Schools moves into the curriculum market - Schools Week Smartphones should be banned from classrooms, says schools minister - Mail Why are we so coy about sex education for gay teens? - Guardian University speakers should not be banned just because they 'offend, shock or disturb' students - Telegraph Parking levy in Scotland ‘could force teachers to quit the profession’ - Scotsman Why three-year-old kids don’t need their tablet computer - Scotsman Musicians, education chiefs, festival directors unite to call for free music tuition for children in Scotland - Herald Scotland Hannah Wilson’s top blogs of Jan 2019 - Schools Week Ministers mull planning rules change to create teacher housing - Schools Week Hairdresser or Footballer – Bridging the gender gap in schools - Schools Week Scotland: Glasgow's quest to be at the cutting edge of global innovation - Herald Scotland What the new Ofsted framework says about the curriculum - Schools Week Scotland: Ministers urged to step in to save threatened college - Herald Scotland In unison: Musicians, composers and educators call for free music tuition for Scotland's pupils - Herald Scotland Nazi salutes, laddish societies - how should universities deal with them? - BBC Universities urged to increase security to combat violence at events instead of cancelling - Independent Trigger warnings OK but no-platforming may be illegal, universities warned - Guardian Mobile phones should be banned from classrooms, says Minister for Schools - Mail Ban mobile phone use in schools - Times Students told not to ban speakers for ‘transphobia’ - Times Anger at rape-joke students’ return to Warwick University - Times Scotland: Work parking fees set to damage teacher pay talks - Times Mobile phones ‘should be banned from schools’, minister says - Independent