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- Zola’s ‘La Curée’ and the corruption of desire. April 2, 2021
- Freire for today March 6, 2021
- Seven ways to avoid a Frankenstein education. February 27, 2021
- Learning, earning and the death of human capital. February 21, 2021
- ‘Listen to this’. February 13, 2021
- ‘The Ministry for the Future’ by Kim Stanley Robinson December 20, 2020
- Why the comprehensive college? September 20, 2020
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- Starting to rethink education. June 10, 2020
- Knowledge and education for the future. May 25, 2020
- England’s unexpected exam revolution. May 5, 2020
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Exam results – what just happened?
Most years, the national drama of A Level and GCSE results days in England plays out in two distinct but related acts one week apart, focusing on the performance of the education system and the young people navigating their way … Continue reading
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England’s unexpected exam revolution.
One consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic is that we are embarking on an extraordinary national experiment in the way young people achieve their exam grades in England; switching from a heavy reliance on externally set and marked written exams towards … Continue reading
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Tagged A levels, Assessment, Centre assessed grades, Colleges, Covid-19, Exams, GCSE, GCSE English, GCSE Maths, GCSE retakes, Ranking
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