I saw on a tweet this morning the Safer Practice with Technology from the Kent Safeguarding Children Board. The paper takes a brief look at issues such as social networking, photographs, mobile phones and more – it may be a useful document to tag and come back to at some point for those who work [...]
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Kent Safer Practice with Technology guide
Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Policy, Technical/Gadgets, The web on August 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Education and schools work update
Posted in Education, Policy, Politics, Schools work, Society, Statistics on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Headlines from the world of education and schools work: Councils merge education departments: Westminster, and Hammersmith and Fulham councils’ attempt to slash budgets by pooling resources is first such move in UK Street talk is ‘breeding illiteracy’: Teachers failing to correct pupils due to misplaced fear of interfering with self-expression, says a pamphlet backed by [...]
Education and schools work update
Posted in Education, Policy, Politics, Schools work on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Headlines from the world of education and schools work: Sex education is a mess, so can a TV series help teenagers?: The Sex Education Show is important and useful but young people need compulsory school lessons. Gove sets limit on headteacher pay: Headteachers are facing a limit on their salaries to the £142,500-a-year pay of [...]
Education and schools work update
Posted in Education, News, Policy, Politics, Schools work, Sport on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Headlines from the world of education and schools work: University clearing places ‘to be cut’: Thousands of students face being left without degree courses as universities are forced to slash the number of places available through the traditional clearing system. Government to introduce ‘school Olympics’: The coalition Government is pledging to create an annual school [...]
Education and schools work update
Posted in Education, News, Policy, Politics, Schools work on May 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Some headlines from the world of education and schoolswork: Headteachers could have pay docked if they boycott tests: Primary school governors told they can punish principals who refuse to fulfil ‘professional and moral duty’. Watching TV ‘makes toddlers less intelligent’: Parents, beware CBeebies: watching television makes toddlers fatter and stupider at primary school, according to [...]
Education and schools work update
Posted in Education, News, Policy, Politics, Schools work on April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A round up of headlines from the world of education and schools work: Labour has failed to reduce ‘Neets’, say MPs: The number of school-leavers without a job or education place has failed to drop under Labour, despite a raft of high-profile reforms, according to MPs. Video game and cartoons used to shock school children [...]
Education and schools work update
Posted in Education, News, Policy, Politics, Schools work on April 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
More headlines from the world of education and schools work: Pupils humiliating teachers in interviews: Union considers industrial action to stop pupils’ questions that include: ‘if you could be on Britain’s Got Talent, what would your talent be?’ Headteachers to vote on Sats boycott: Ministers are heading for a collision with headteachers over a threatened [...]

