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Issue 16.6
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Issue 16. 6
News
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- All the latest news
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- 04/11/2007
Weathering the storm
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- With some areas still reeling from the summer floods, MST looks at the worst- affected schools and finds out what the Government is offering to help.
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- 04/11/2007
Not so special?
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- New research suggests that specialist schools are no better than other secondaries – but advocates of the specialist system are fighting back.
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- 04/11/2007
A helping hand for NQTs
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- Newly qualified teachers are finding the support of their fellow staff invaluable to help them through their first testing years in the job.
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- 04/11/2007
Who cares wins
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- Children in care still seem to be failed by the system in terms of learning outcomes. Dai Durbridge examines new proposals to put things right – and what the responsibilities will be for schools.
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- 04/11/2007
Putting class into the classroom
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- The groundbreaking work of a remarkable London school raises some highly pertinent but unexplored issues about class and race.
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- 04/11/2007
Countdown to primary languages
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- Primary schools will be compelled to teach a modern foreign language from 2010. Lyn Kendall’s curriculum snapshot provides a useful case study in how to prepare.
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- 04/11/2007
Time for a change!
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- With so much innovation elsewhere in schools, why is the timetable still based on a model developed from the Industrial Revolution? Paul Mortimer looks at some more flexible ways to schedule learning.
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- 04/11/2007
Can governors cut the mustard?
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- The future role of governors seems far from clear in the age of city academies and disengagement from civic life. Alan Dyson asks: where next with school governance?
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- 04/11/2007
Every child chatters
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- Children with poor communication skills may struggle to learn and make friends, limiting their chances in later life. Kate Freeman introduces some invaluable new resources to help them catch up.
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- 04/11/2007
Learning for business
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- As schools come under increasing pressure from industry to turn out young workers and entrepreneurs, Michael Savory explains how Young Enterprise can help.
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- 04/11/2007
Someone to watch over me
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- New staff at John Wootton’s school receive real-time coaching during lessons using a video link and earpiece – and the results so far have been amazing.
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- 04/11/2007
Virtually the best school in the world
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- Amazing new software can give teachers and students a virtual tour of their new schools and their chance to have a say – before a single brick is laid.
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- 04/11/2007
Out of site, out of mind?
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- Is off-site construction the best way for your school to expand into new buildings? New research can help managers decide between prefabricated and traditional construction.
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- 04/11/2007
The great outdoors
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- Huge sums have been invested in school buildings to improve learning outcomes – but the work of one landscape design firm could prove that the outdoor environment is equally influential.
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- 04/11/2007
A healthy future
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- Despite negative headlines about the take-up of new healthy meals, the School Food Trust’s plans are still on track – promising a better way ahead for children, parents and schools alike.
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- 04/11/2007
Health and happiness
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- Teachers were irked by a recent suggestion that schools teach health, happiness and emotional intelligence – but, says Bram van Asselt, a remarkable new system is already helping some to do just that.
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- 04/11/2007
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