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DfE says it is acceptable for schools to disciplin...

2011-07-06T10:20:39.228+01:00

DfE says it is acceptable for schools to discipline children for their comments on Facebook - http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/school_and_facebook#incoming-190902

NCOGS have just issued some guidance for Governors...

2011-03-24T10:16:56.283Z

NCOGS have just issued some guidance for Governors on this issue - www.ncogs.org.uk/emie/content.asp?id_content=1244&id_category=920&level=

In my experience, benefits that would justify a fo...

2010-09-30T22:28:09.788+01:00

In my experience, benefits that would justify a focus on WellBeing include less moaning, less absence, less time wasted in focusing on problems rather than on solutions, a better working environment, better working relationships and higher morale. You could try attaching a £ cost saving to time and performance lost through poor communication and low morale. Lynn Murphy

All very nice, but how do I justify this with my g...

2010-09-30T19:40:03.046+01:00

All very nice, but how do I justify this with my governors?

More on this issue. Research in Ireland has bound...

2009-05-15T09:05:00.000+01:00

More on this issue.

Research in Ireland has bound that their boom years as the 'Celtic tiger' had little impact on wellbeing - http://tinyurl.com/q3nlta - as defined by people's levels of psychological distress.

Employment, health and marital separation had much bigger effects than material wealth.

Exam boards are reporting problems with schools of...

2009-02-02T08:32:00.000Z

Exam boards are reporting problems with schools offering A Level IT. For example, students write a database in Access 07 at home and then can't use it at school becuase the school is using 2003 which is not compatible.

As a follow-up, the TES has started a series of ar...

2008-09-12T12:45:00.000+01:00

As a follow-up, the TES has started a series of articles covering five years of the workload agreement. The first article, on teachers, is in the 5th September issue, and it includes outcomes from a TES survey on perceived changes over that time.

The article is generally postive. It includes some thoughts from the NUT suggesting that they were mistaken in not taking part in the process.
http://www.tes.co.uk//article.aspx?storycode=6002048

2008-09-06T15:51:00.000+01:00

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