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Monthly Archives: November 2013
School Management Makes Teaching Impossible
“So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.” (Peter F Drucker) If you have read any of my blogs of recent months, then it won’t come as very much of a surprise to … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Education, Lesson plan, Michael Wilshaw, Observation, OFSTED, Teacher
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Ofsted: The Medicine That Kills.
Last month, Michael Wilshaw, Chief Inspector of OFSTED had this to say about Children’s Services in Birmingham: “…These characteristics of failure have been encapsulated in one area in particular, England’s second city: Birmingham. What is shocking is that this is … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Social issues
Tagged Birmingham, Children's Services, England, Michael Gove, Michael Wilshaw, OFSTED, Peter Hay, Pupil Referral Unit, Social work, Social Workers
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OFSTED: Smoke and Mirrors and Malevolent Magic
‘Every damn thing we’ve talked about at school this week has been driven by Ofsted, and not by the need to educate children effectively’ @cbradbee tweeted last Wednesday. Even in so few words, the distress and despair of this teacher … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged National Curriculum Level, Observation, Observers, OFSTED, Sir Michael Wilshaw, Students, Teachers
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