Posts Tagged ‘ State Schools ’

The trials of Tom Daley explain what’s wrong with state education

June 4, 2009
By Duncan Robinson
The trials of Tom Daley explain what’s wrong with state education

Do you remember Tom Daley? The little chap who was very good at falling with style from a very high platform into a deep pool of water at the Olympics? Apparently, as soon as he returned to his state secondary school he had the crap bullied out of him. Thus, after someone threatened (quite...
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Secondary Schools* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)

May 22, 2009
By Duncan Robinson
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Secondary Schools* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)

A teacher who filmed her pupils in a secret documentary about the standards in state schools was yesterday suspended for a year by a General Teaching Panel. The documentary itself (viewable here) was an expose of mismanagement and bad behaviour in failing (and 'successful') schools. For six months Alex Dolan filmed herself teaching and talking...
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A*? It won’t get you far.

March 17, 2009
By Duncan Robinson

There's a big hoo-hah over the new A* grade at A-level - and it's all over nothing. The new grade is meant to distinguish between very clever teenagers and fantastically clever teenagers. Basically, if you get over 90% in your A2 year, you get an A* and a big sticker saying NERD.
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