A few months ago the documentary film Two Million Minutes appeared, an attack on the “broken” US education system which takes as its main focus the growing economic competitiveness of China and India. The narrative argues that America is losing out in a “global knowledge economy.” The trailer juxtaposes American college students complaining about having [...]

It’s a controversial point but are headteachers the right people to lead on their school’s development under BSF? As a head you know too well the shortcomings and issues with the current school, where the quick wins are that would alleviate immediate pressures and which might contribute to the improvement of the environment and the day-to-day activities within the school. With little time to complete the project, there may be some consultation but is it enough?

Channel 4 Education caused a bit of a stir last year when they announced that they were going to focus more on using the media 14 to 19 year-olds actually use, rather than continuing to make television programmes nobody was really watching. They’re planning on using a whole range of platforms, from ARGs to MySpace [...]

A few days ago there was yet another blow for the Building Schools for the Future programme with press reports claiming that only 9 new schools are open instead of the 100 that are supposed to have been completed by now. Surely it shouldn’t just be a numbers game. OK so only 9 [...]