Think positive
Richard Schoch on whether children should be taught how to be happy
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2008/feb/28/schools.uk1
The world’s best teacher lives in rural Maine and doesn’t care about test scores
Nancie Atwell opened the Center for Teaching and Learning 25 years ago to make the classroom a place for ‘wisdom and happiness’. Last month her emphasis on student choice and self-expression earned her the Global Teaching Prize, dubbed the Nobel Prize of teaching
University league tables 2017
Find a course at a UK University
http://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2016/may/23/university-league-tables-2017
Are private tutors for children just the latest educational ‘arms race’?
Millions of UK pupils have help with their tuition. Does this boost children otherwise overlooked at school, or just exploit their anxious parents? Tracy McVeigh talks to a student, a tutor and a headteacher
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/oct/04/private-tutors-arms-race-schools-parents
Let’s turn Oxbridge into a comprehensive
If universities want to increase opportunities for women and working class and BME people, they should think about abolishing selection criteria
Fifth of secondary school pupils ‘wake almost every night to use social media’
Welsh study warns that disruption caused by using social media may have more of an impact on fatigue than how long children actually spend in bed
University league tables 2016
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http://www.theguardian.com/education/ng-interactive/2015/may/25/university-league-tables-2016
British universities slip down in global rankings
Change in methodology used to rate institutions means only Cambridge University makes it into top five
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/sep/15/british-universities-slip-downing-global-rankings
‘Lamentable teaching’ is damaging higher education, minister warns
Universities minister Jo Johnson criticises ‘highly variable’ quality of undergraduate teaching and backs simplified research funding