Pupils learn about slavery
As the new school term approaches, there is new of how this is going to be shaken up, one significant change is that all children will have to learn about the UK’s involvement in the slave trade.
School children aged between eleven and fourteen will have to study about how the UK built its empire up [...]
200,000 kids spanked in US schools
There is a theory that beating kids in the home or at school just teaches them violence, which is why we look upon it in the way that we do now. However, this does not look like to be same in the US where it has been estimated that around 200,000 kids were disciplined at [...]
August 19, 2008M&S in trouble over new school blazer
There is trouble brewing before the kids start their new term, as the High St clothing chain Marks and Spencer have upset the teachers union NASUWT by advertising their latest back to school clothing range.
The store is advertising the blazer as the “Blazer for iPod” which does not really need much explanation other than the [...]
Hidden CCTV in schools
There are growing concerns over the increased use of CCTV and even hidden cameras that are being installed in the UK’s schools. These concerns have come from survey of almost two hundred and fifty working teachers.
The findings from the survey revealed that there are surveillance systems installed in around 84.6 per cent of schools and [...]
Spelling mistakes are ok
It seems that spelling mistakes are getting just a little bit too much for one university lecturer that he has now proposed that some common spelling mistakes should now be included into the English language.
Dr Ken Smith, senior lecturer in criminology at Buckinghamshire New University, has drawn up a list of these “Common” mistakes. He [...]
Prison for taking photos of unsafe schools
It may because of the media invasion of china, but there are quite few stories coming out from the places that rarely ever get visited by outsiders.
Like this teacher who following the terrible earthquake in the Sichuan region, which killed over 70,000 and devastated whole areas. He has been arrested for and been sentenced to [...]
Girl overturns no jewellery rule
A fourteen-year-old girl, who was excluded from school for wearing a bracelet, has won her high court discrimination case against the school in Wales.
Sarika Singh from Cwmbach, South Wales found herself excluded from the Aberdare Girls School last year when you refused to remove her bangle for religious reasons.
However, with no hope of finding a [...]
Academics fooled by spam
For most of us, spam or fraudulent emails are normally something to do with helping out someone in Africa who has several million dollars to transfer, Viagra, or fake banks and in general, these mostly end up in the trash.
However, there is a growing new wave of emails, which are targeting the academics of [...]
Fake tans banned at school
These days it hard to distinguish between that has a real suntan and those people who like to get their sun tan out of a bottle.
However, at some schools this is going to be no longer a problem as the head teacher has banned the use of fake suntan, especially those girls who are turning [...]
Pupils used to heat school
New school is so eco friendly that the heat generated by the bodies of the pupils and staff will be enough to keep the school heated.
Work has just started on the replacement for the Acharacle Primary School in Ardnamurchan, on the west coast of Scotland, which had seen better days, so it was decided to [...]
Pupils to be taught about Islam
As the government attempts to prevent the rise of extremism in the UK, there has been a plan put in place where all pupils within the state education system will be taught about the values and traditions of Islam.
The Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has announced this scheme but no timetable has been laid out yet. [...]
When children are marked as racists
In these day of high security and ultra political correctness there are certain things that we used to say and do, which for one reason or another we can no longer do and say at least out n public anyway, but there are worrying signs that pre school children are being judged by the actions.
In [...]
Want school dinners? Get finger printed
Pupils at a school in Huddersfield are being fingerprinted so that they can pay for the school dinners without having to carrying around cash.
The All Saints Catholic College in Bradley Bar is the latest school to introduce this biometric scheme, the pupils have their fingers scanned into a computer; this will then act as a [...]
Pray to Allah or get detention
The Alsager School in Cheshire has found itself at the centre of a human rights case when two boys refused to pray to Allah during a religious education lesson. The children were asked to wear Islamic Headdress and with the prayer mats at the ready they were told to pray to Allah.
The two boys refused [...]
Schools should teach the meaning of life
It seems that children are to be taught philosophy at school but nothing too intense like the meaning of life or other questions that would through up questions about the why we are here and how did we get here in the first place.
It has been suggested that children should learn about philosophy through everyday [...]
Being rude to get a pass
There has been much talk of how the exams in this country have changed for better to the extent that the pass rates just keep getting better year after year. But there are those who are saying that the exams are a lot easier these days, which sort of takes away the good work which [...]
June 10, 2008Smoking and education a strange mix
When colleges and universities accept money from tobacco companies they are thought of as signing a deal with the devil, but when this money is given as a research grant or to pay for some research to be done, then it all takes a different stance.
Like Virginia Commonwealth University they had signed an arrangement with [...]
Children should not be taught middle class subjects
How a subject taught at school can be classed as a middle class subject needs a little explaining, according to the man who advises the government on education matters, Prof John White, most surprisingly the subject that are “Middle Class” are English, Maths, History, Geography, Science and Latin or Modern Languages.
Clearly these subjects would have [...]
Girls catch up with boys
When it comes to education in the past the difference between boys and girls was blatantly clear as the girls followed the domestic route with cooking and other such delights, while the boys went into the workshops and studied wood and metal work.
But as equality entered the schools the girls had to play catch up [...]
Students given exam clues
There are some concerns for the Oxford, Cambridge and RSA exam board (OSR) as there would seem to be some students who are being given privileged information, like what is going to be in the practical examination in A2 Biology.
It started with a question on the Student Room forum, the enquiry was about the practical [...]