» According to the Guardian, Lilian Katz, a worldwide authority on nursery education, has stated that, “It can be seriously damaging for children who see themselves as inept at reading too early.” She believes boys in particular are rushed into reading too soon and this makes them passive and receptive instead of active and assertive. Interesting. More grist to the mill and another reason why I’ll be trying to convince my wife that not sending Ben to school until 7 is a good idea…

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» The BBC reports that the scheme in Doncaster’s Hungerhill school to track pupils by RFID tags in their school uniforms has come under increasing scrutiny. After the furore that surrounded the government’s loss (including probably our family’s) child benefit details, there is concern that privacy is being violated. Hurray for public debate! (thanks to Kristian Still for the link)

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» I’ve been neglecting my feed reading a bit recently. I caught up on my education news today and found that schools may get business managers (boo!), teachers want smaller schools (hurray!), plans to raise the school leaving age are still being pushed through (hmm…), ‘compulsory’ lessons shouldn’t be (great idea, if done properly), and pupils are facing too many tests (well, duh…).

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