2020-07-31 Pupils’ achievements at school are often shaped by the way that they ‘act out’ specific gender roles according to a new study which warns against over-generalising the gender gap in education.Read the full story here. |
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2020-07-27 What has lockdown learning been like for students at the Faculty of Education?PhD student Kristi Nourie was supposed to be heading to Kansas for fieldwork when lockdown happened. Instead she has spent the past few months working in her attic. But as she explained in a recent interview there have been positive sides to the experience – as more talks and lectures have become available online and the Faculty has devised new ways to support students during teaching sessions on Zoom.Read the full interview here. |
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2020-07-24 Keeping schools open from September should be a Government priority as it manages the COVID-19 pandemic, while closures could have severe social and economic effects that endure for decades, according to a new report. Read the full story here. |
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A tiny fraction of schools in England – about three in every 500 – have whole-school policies which address foreign languages English usage and integrating students who speak English as an additional language (EAL) new research indicates. Read the full story. |
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Cambridge has become home to the first leadership forum for community-based ‘supplementary’ education informal schools which provide extra education for children from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds.Read the full story. |
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A global study of 240000 students challenges the widespread policy conviction that bridging the academic gap between rich and poor students hinges on improving the latter’s work ethic mindset and socio-emotional skills.Read the full story. |
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