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Update on the DfE Curriculum Review
Click here to read the terms of reference for the Francis Curriculum Review and the letter sent to Professor Francis by the Secretary of State. See also the written ministerial statement by the Secretary of State. In brief, the Review will: span KS1 to KS5 set out to address the barriers [...]
Meet the DfE’s New Ministers
Bridget Phillipson is the new Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities. Her team comprises: Soon to be Baroness Jacqui Smith is Minister of State for Skills Catherine McKinnell is Minister of State for School Standards Janet Daby is Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and [...]
DfE Curriculum and Assessment Review
The DfE has said that a broader, richer, cutting-edge curriculum that drives high and rising schools standards and sets all young people up for life and work will be central to the government’s vision for education, as it launches its wide-ranging Curriculum and Assessment Review. Spanning from Key Stage 1 [...]
Remodeling the Plane while you are flying it – Part 1.
Today’s post is by regular contributor, Richard Jurin. Before his retirement, Richard led the Environmental Studies programme at the University of Northern Colorado, where he launched a degree in Sustainability Studies. His academic interests are environmental worldviews and understanding barriers to sustainability. As ever, with our blogs, the views expressed are [...]
Teach the Future’s Asks
Teach the Future has a recent blog setting out what it wants the new government to do. Written by Freddie Emms, it begins: "Yesterday, many of us around the country used our voices to speak up for issues we care about, and voted for the candidates that we feel will [...]
Reframing Climate Education
In a post for the BERA blog, Stephen Scoffham wonders whether it is time to start thinking about reframing climate change education. This is how his post begins: Teaching pupils about climate change and sustainability is problematic. Simply confronting them directly with the facts can be both disturbing and unsettling [...]
Sustainability Sidelined
Today's post is by David Dixon, NAEE Trustee and author of Leadership for Sustainability: saving the planet one school at a time (Crown House Publishing, 2022). David is Tynedale's Bicycle Mayor. As usual with our blogs, the views expressed are not necessarily shared by the Association. I often travel by [...]
Scottish Greens: what the manifesto says
To save you the trouble of all that searching, click Scottish Greens to see what their election manifesto has to say about education, and about environmental / climate / sustainability / global / etc education. The more progressive income tax structure introduced by the Scottish Greens in Scotland is raising [...]
The SNP: what the manifesto says
To save you the trouble of all that searching, here's what the SNP election manifesto has to say about education, and about environmental / climate / sustainability / global / etc education – see text in bold. Defend free university tuition in Scotlan. The SNP is the only party that [...]
Scottish Labour: what the manifesto says
To save you the trouble of all that searching, click Scottish Labour Party to see what their election manifesto has to say about education, and about environmental / climate / sustainability / global / etc education: Page 69: We need a comprehensive review of Curriculum for Excellence, including broad general [...]
