Daily Archives: 1:09 AM
Four patients die thirsty or starving EVERY DAY on our hospital wards show damning new statistics
Data shows 1,316 deaths were linked to or directly caused by dehydration Four patients are dying hungry and thirsty on hospital wards every day, shocking figures reveal. Dehydration or malnutrition… Read more
Common Entrance tests promote the ‘regurgitation of facts’
Nonsense! The traditional private school entrance exam should be overhauled amid fears it promotes the “simple regurgitation” of facts rather than a rounded education, a leading headmaster has warned. Alex… Read more
Occupy protest movement to go into schools
The Occupy protest movement is turning its attentions to schools through a new educational outreach programme. The idea developed after members of the St Paul’s camp were invited into a… Read more
Alice Roberts hits out at science ‘geeks’
Teenagers should be encouraged to study the arts and humanities in preparation for a career in science to shed the subject’s “geeky” image, according to the anatomist Alice Roberts. Taking… Read more
The world war on democracy
Obama has given America’s corrupt military officer class unprecedented powers of state and engagement
International
Teachers’ ‘have sleepless nights’ over child neglect
Teachers are having sleepless nights about whether to report suspected victims of child neglect, a report for a charity says. The Action for Children report adds that many police officers… Read more
How Mrs. Grady Transformed Olly Neal
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF – IF you want to understand how great teachers transform lives, listen to the story of Olly Neal. A recent study showed how a great elementary… Read more
Families forced to rent whose children pay the price
Families who rent privately are often forced to move repeatedly, with disastrous consequences for their children’s education Jasmine Smith is just nine years old but she has already moved schools… Read more
Tom Watkins: Gov. Snyder’s plan for ‘carrots’ will work if he asks teachers for help
Gov. Rick Snyder loves carrots. “They’re my favorite vegetable,” he joked during a Thursday interview in his Romney Building office across the street from the Capitol. I was actually asking… Read more
More teenagers shunning foreign languages at school
Record numbers of pupils are leaving school without learning a foreign language, figures show, as the popularity of French and German slumps to a new low. Data published by the… Read more
