The debate over examinations is little more than a War of the Poses
Critics of tests and examinations - apparently forces of good in a heartless world - are everywhere.
Mark Taylor, Battles in Print, 20 November 2007

What's the brain got to do with education?
Although current teacher training programmes generally omit the science of how we learn, an overwhelming number of the teachers surveyed felt neuroscience could make an important contribution in key educational areas.
Bristol University Press Release, 29 October 2007

Homework for parents
Once upon a time, homework was for schoolchildren – now parents spend up to seven hours a week helping with their kids’ study, cookery and craftwork. Is this right?
Leah Hardy, The Times, 27 October 2007

China's syndrome of lawless growth
China is no longer a totalitarian state. The regime no longer seeks to control every aspect of life or way of thinking.
John Lee, The Australian, 20 October 2007

The leadership effect
Can headteachers make a difference?
James O'Shaughnessy, Peter Tymss, Jeff Searle, Daniel Moynihan & Alison Wolf, Policy Exchange, 2007

Root and branch
The question of whether to teach anti-Darwinism is distinct from the question of the validity of its criticisms. Indeed, they are 'boring, demeaning and insufferably dull'
Ian Hacking, Nation, 7 October 2007

Registration isn't enough get active to prove your fitness
If it's to be genuinely worthwhile the Continued Professional Development of teachers needs to be recognised and accredited by teachers themselves
Keith Bartley, TES, 4 October 2007

This education system fails children by teaching them to parrot, not think
"Our schools aren't focusing on what really matters in education - the developing of every child's curiosity and talents."
Jenni Russell, Guardian Education, 26 September 2007

The Returns to Qualifications in England
This report provides a detailed analysis of the current economic value of the full range of vocational level 2 and level 3 qualifications held by the English workforce, focusing particularly on the economic return to National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ)
Charley Greenwood, Andrew Jenkins and Anna Vignoles, Centre for the Economics of Education, September 2007