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Category Archives: GERM
PISA: no victory for Michael Gove
Michael Gove was Education secretary when the 2012 PISA results came out. He expressed alarm that England seemed to be falling behind Shanghai and Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong. He wanted to make England a future “winner” in the … Continue reading
Bullying by numbers – its roots in neoliberalism
by Terry Wrigley, Visiting Professor, Northumbria University There is relentless pressure to raise standards – or rather scores – and it’s driving thousands of teachers to quit. The insatiable demands amount to bullying – bullying by numbers, reinforced by a … Continue reading
Wales, an inspiring model for England
Report by Prof Richard Hatcher, Birmingham City University Imagine a country where education is based on trust in schools and teachers. Where the school curriculum is based on broad areas of learning and experience, not on discrete subjects, and a … Continue reading
Baseline testing: science or fantasy?
There’s nothing hidden in your head The Sorting Hat can’t see, So try me on and I will tell you Where you ought to be. The new Baseline Assessments are a new model of Sorting Hat imposed by the government on … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Curriculum, GERM
Tagged accountability pressures, baseline tests, disadvantage, early education, streaming and setting, testing
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More PISA myths about top-performing school systems
A recent article circulated by the head of PISA Andreas Schleicher claimed to dispel “7 big myths about high-performing school systems“. These include “the myth that disadvantaged pupils are doomed to do badly in school”. Expressing the issue like this … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, GERM, Social Justice, Uncategorized
Tagged accountability pressures, disadvantage, PISA, poverty, Shanghai
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Ofsted: a briefing paper
by T Wrigley Origins School inspection in England dates back to 1839, but changed fundamentally when Ofsted was established in 1991. The Government decided to inspect schools every four years, and, to increase capacity at minimal cost, inspection was privatised, … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, GERM
Tagged accountability pressures, inspection, local democracy, self-evaluation
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Reclaiming Schools 