School funding not always linked to results
Investing in education is one of the most promising ways for countries to secure their future. And yet, there is a surprisingly tenuous relationship between the amount of money spent per student and the...
Tagged: achievement
How to improve the school results: not extra maths but music, loads of it
Abiha Nasir, aged nine, walks quietly into the small classroom, takes a seat, adjusts her hijab and picks up the drumsticks. A shy smile spreads across her face as she begins to play. She...
Primary schools to measure student progress
In response to https://beehive.govt.nz/release/primary-schools-measure-student-progress – August 26, 2017. Measure. Measure. Measure. Weigh. Weigh. Weigh. Data. Data. Data. “The Government has made a decision to shift towards a system that measures student progress, alongside National...
Academic or Mechanic?
The old smell of oil, diesel and grease fills the nose. The hunched over worker looks sideways from under the hood of a new Mercedes Benz and sighs with disappointment at the new arrival...
Killing Cortisol: What if Education and Poverty aren’t to blame?
Over the last year and a half, I have been thinking on this, ever since being introduced to the stress hormone cortisol. As always, I looked for a different way of presenting what I...
CoLs: Achievement Challenge Numbers
Part of establishing a CoL has been the task of setting an “Achievement Challenge” that all schools in your CoL will aim for and target. In the initial stages, schools were gun ho, with...