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Taking holidays in school term time
‘Paying £240 holiday school fine was a no-brainer’ eLC editorial thoughts Parents have often felt rightly aggrieved, when all the costs of foreign travel and accommodation escalate as soon as schools are on their formal, timetabled holidays. And schools have Continue reading Taking holidays in school term time
AI now surpasses humans in almost all performance benchmarks
Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) has released the seventh annual issue of its comprehensive AI Index report, written by an interdisciplinary team of academic and industrial experts. For people that haven’t been paying attention, AI has already Continue reading AI now surpasses humans in almost all performance benchmarks
Why ChatGPT does not provide facts
Why ChatGPT does not provide facts – it only looks like it is! Dr Dave Wilkinson, explains: More on AI, here Views: 3
World Space Week – 4-10 October 2022
World Space Week World Space Week 2022 celebrates “Space and Sustainability”! Join thousands of participants in over 90 countries celebrating sustainability in space, and sustainability from space. In 2021, more than 6,000 events were organized in over 96 countries under Continue reading World Space Week – 4-10 October 2022
UK COVID Chaos for Schools
Covid-19: Call for all schools to stay shut amid U-turn ‘chaos’ All schools in England should shut for two weeks after the Christmas break due to a surge in coronavirus, the UK’s biggest teaching union has said. The NEU’s call Continue reading UK COVID Chaos for Schools
Third of world’s schoolchildren ‘unable to access remote learning’
Reported by BBC News With all the talk of returning children safely to school, startling statistics from the UN children’s agency indicate just how important getting back to the classroom will be. At least one third of the world’s schoolchildren Continue reading Third of world’s schoolchildren ‘unable to access remote learning’
Coronavirus: How do I home-school my children and what does Bitesize offer?
I tend to agree with the following paragraph, taken from the article. However, I would include something creative, like some drawing or making, during the day. “But what is more important, say educationalists, is maintaining a degree of normality, rather Continue reading Coronavirus: How do I home-school my children and what does Bitesize offer?
Seth on Education
“Education in your culture is a mixed bag (with irony and humorous emphasis) — and education comes not from schools alone, but from newspapers and television, magazines and books, from art and from culture’s own feedback. Generally speaking, for the Continue reading Seth on Education
Facilitating Brilliance – 18 Feb 2020
Tuesday 18 February 2020 (any time after 10:00 a.m. US Central Time). Join the event here. “The brain is a natural accelerated learning device.” – Paul R. Scheele, PhD The brain’s ability to acquire and creatively use information is unlimited, Continue reading Facilitating Brilliance – 18 Feb 2020
Final Curtain: Bretton Hall
“Bretton was exceptional in the UK and, I think, in Europe more generally” – Sir Ken Robinson – former student 1968-1972 Bretton Hall College opened to students around 1947-49 and was officially founded as a teacher training college in 1949, Continue reading Final Curtain: Bretton Hall
