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Association Of Teachers And Lecturers

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Type: Organization

Name: Association Of Teachers And Lecturers

First Reported Sep 03 2010 - Updated Sep 03 2010 - 2 Documents

Accord launches 2010 inclusive schools award

Accord launches 2010 inclusive schools awardThe Accord Coalition for inclusive education has launched its 2010 Award for 'good examples' of schools which welcome and involve all.The Accord Award, which was established last year, is the first of its kind. ... [Published Sep 03 2010 by Ekklesia]

Entities: Coalition, Simon Barrow, Jonathan Romain, Association Of Teachers And Lecturers, Education

First Reported Sep 03 2010 - Updated Sep 03 2010 - 2 Documents

Teachers on the dole:

Schools reluctant to take on new staffThe number of teachers claiming unemployment benefit has risen by 75 per cent in the two years since the economic downturn took hold, The TES can reveal.Figures for England and Wales show the number of teachers claiming ... [Published Sep 03 2010 by Times Education Supplement]

Entities: John Howson, Martin Freedman, Mick Brookes, National Association of Head Teachers

First Reported Sep 03 2010 - Updated Sep 03 2010 - 1 Documents

US-style report card scheme torn up

Plans to hold schools accountable with US-style 'report cards' have been dropped by the coalition Government, The TES has learnt.No official announcement has been made, but insiders say the initiative - a troubled attempt to offer a wider measure of school ... [Published Sep 03 2010 by Times Education Supplement]

Entities: Mary Bousted, Coalition, Well-being, Association of School and College Leaders, Association Of Teachers And Lecturers

First Reported Sep 03 2010 - Updated Sep 03 2010 - 1 Documents

Confederation of British Industry

Too many young people leaving school without skills, says CBI

The investment made in education by the previous Labour government has not delivered the returns needed to boost the economy, it has been suggested.A report by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said many young people are leaving school without ... [Published Sep 03 2010 by Association of Teachers and Lecturers]

Entities: Education, Mary Bousted, Susan Anderson, Association Of Teachers And Lecturers, Confederation of British Industry

First Reported Sep 02 2010 - Updated Sep 02 2010 - 1 Documents

Michael Gove

Unions react to political changes - 02 Sep 2010

Teaching organisations have been outlining their priorities for the new school year, with academies, pay and conditions, and the national curriculum high on their agendas.Kevin Courtney, deputy general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, told ... [Published Sep 02 2010 by SecEd]

Entities: Michael Gove, Mary Bousted, Education, Philip Parkin

First Reported Sep 02 2010 - Updated Sep 02 2010 - 1 Documents

Association Of Teachers And Lecturers

ATL comment on CBI Report into role of business in education

Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), said:'We commend the CBI for the aspects of its report which go beyond the usual industry hand-wringing that everything is rotten in state education. It says sensible ... [Published Sep 02 2010 by Association of Teachers and Lecturers]

Entities: Education, Association Of Teachers And Lecturers, Mary Bousted, Irish Congress of Trade Unions

First Reported Sep 01 2010 - Updated Sep 01 2010 - 1 Documents

Children & Young People Now

ATL's Andy Brown seeks more joint working between schools

Children & Young People NowThe incoming president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) is calling on government to fund more partnership working between schools.In his first address, Andy Brown, who takes over as president of the union this ... [Published Sep 01 2010 by Children & Young People Now]

Entities: Andy Brown, Northern Ireland, Association Of Teachers And Lecturers, Children & Young People Now

First Reported Sep 01 2010 - Updated Sep 01 2010 - 1 Documents

Government needs to learn lessons from Northern Ireland education system - ATL President

The government in Westminster should learn from the education experiences in Northern Ireland, according to the incoming president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL).Andy Brown, who teaches in Northern Ireland and takes over as president ... [Published Sep 01 2010 by Association of Teachers and Lecturers]

Entities: Northern Ireland, Education, Association Of Teachers And Lecturers, Andy Brown

First Reported Aug 24 2010 - Updated Aug 25 2010 - 3 Documents

Students not learning employment skills, say teachers

A teachers group has called on the government to boost British youngsters job prospects by helping them to learn skills which would give them an advantage in the competitive employment market.With exam results coming thick and fast, Association of Teachers ... [Published Aug 25 2010 by HRreview]

Entities: Mary Bousted, Association Of Teachers And Lecturers, Education

First Reported Aug 24 2010 - Updated Aug 25 2010 - 4 Documents

Girls expected to get A and A*...

Girls are expected to pass one in four GCSEs with grades A and A* this week as results rise for the 22nd consecutive year.Boys are expected to narrow girls lead at age 16 following a reduction in coursework at GCSE.More than a fifth of exams overall will ... [Published Aug 25 2010 by Financial Mail Women's Forum]

Entities: Alan Smithers, Inflation, Association Of Teachers And Lecturers, Education, Northern Ireland

First Reported Aug 24 2010 - Updated Aug 24 2010 - 6 Documents

Are good exam results enough any more?

TEARS of joy and despair are the order of the day at South Tyneside schools at the moment.Last week it was A-levels sparking academic angst among young people tearing open those forbidding brown envelopes. Arriving at one borough school to cover the exam ... [Published Aug 24 2010 by Shields Gazette]

Entities: Association Of Teachers And Lecturers, Envelopment, Nick Clegg, Higher Education

First Reported Aug 14 2010 - Updated Aug 15 2010 - 9 Documents

UK & World News: Pupils 'need better A-level advice'

Many state school pupils face rejection from their chosen university degrees because they are being given bad advice about which subjects to take, Education Minister David Willetts has said.Mr Willetts told a newspaper that A-level students were studying ... [Published Aug 14 2010 by Chester Chronicle]

Entities: David Willetts, United Kingdom, Andy Brown, Association Of Teachers And Lecturers

Quotes

"It is vitally important to encourage inclusive education through good example rather than cajoling, and to research on the de-benefits of restrictive practices with encouragement towards those schools that show a better way, whatever their background or foundation" he added

Accord launches 2010 inclusive schools award [Ekklesia - Sep 03 2010]

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Accord launches 2010 inclusive schools award [Published Sep 03 2010 by Ekklesia]
Live Q&A: Acing your teacher training [Published Sep 03 2010 by Guardian.co.uk]
2010 inclusive schools award launched [Published Sep 03 2010 by Teaching Times]
Teachers on the dole: [Published Sep 03 2010 by Times Education Supplement]
US-style report card scheme torn up [Published Sep 03 2010 by Times Education Supplement]
Teachers on the dole: jobless soar by 75% [Published Sep 03 2010 by Times Education Supplement]
Too many young people leaving school without sk... [Published Sep 03 2010 by Association of Teachers and Lecturers]
ATL comment on CBI Report into role of business... [Published Sep 02 2010 by Association of Teachers and Lecturers]
Unions react to political changes - 02 Sep 2010 [Published Sep 02 2010 by SecEd]
ATL's Andy Brown seeks more joint working betwe... [Published Sep 01 2010 by Children & Young People Now]
Government needs to learn lessons from Northern... [Published Sep 01 2010 by Association of Teachers and Lecturers]
Back to school - safely [Published Aug 27 2010 by Education Business]
A good day for science as GCSE extries in the s... [Published Aug 26 2010 by Wales Online]
Students not learning employment skills, say te... [Published Aug 25 2010 by HRreview]
Teaching unions urge crisis NI budget talks [Published Aug 25 2010 by Manchester Wired]
Excellent results, but government needs to act ... [Published Aug 25 2010 by Association of Teachers and Lecturers]
Girls expected to get A and A*... [Published Aug 25 2010 by Financial Mail Women's Forum]
GCSEs used to identify 'weak students' [Published Aug 25 2010 by Association of Teachers and Lecturers]
Education sector calls for flexibility to teach... [Published Aug 24 2010 by Children & Young People Now]
GCSE results set new record ... again [Published Aug 24 2010 by Reuters UK]
GCSE results likely to set new record [Published Aug 24 2010 by Western Morning News]
New diplomas 'have been fatally undermined' [Published Aug 24 2010 by Telegraph]
MEN Comment: Exam high-flyers deserve praise [Published Aug 24 2010 by Manchester Evening News]
Exam joy may be dampened [Published Aug 24 2010 by News and Star]
Are good exam results enough any more? [Published Aug 24 2010 by Shields Gazette]
Pupils leaving school 'with head full of facts' [Published Aug 24 2010 by Association of Teachers and Lecturers]
GCSE results reach record high [Published Aug 24 2010 by Yahoo! UK and Ireland]
Breaking News: Teenagers celebrating record GCS... [Published Aug 24 2010 by Newcastle Evening Chronicle]
GCSE results better in Northamptonshire [Published Aug 24 2010 by Northampton Chronicle and Echo]
Pupils toast record GCSE results [Published Aug 24 2010 by Manchester Evening News]

Blogs

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£200,000 for a headteacher? Does that strike yo... [Published Jul 18 2010 by Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk] The case of Mark Elms has given us the perfect opportunity to decide what someone's truly worth Like apple pie and motherhood, everybody is for fairness. But that is what makes it such a difficult concept. If Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg ...
UK teachers will be allowed to ‘discipline unru... [Published Jul 07 2010 by Raw Story] LONDON — Head teachers in England will be given wider powers to search pupils for alcohol, mobile phones and drugs, the government said on Wednesday, as it unveiled a raft of new measures aimed at restoring "discipline in the classroom." Under current ...
A stretch too far for the Tories [Published Apr 05 2010 by Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk] Michael Gove has pledged extra schooling for poorer pupils, but that will do little to lessen the inequality gap in education Michael Gove, the shadow education secretary, is promising help for children from disadvantaged homes if the Conservatives ...
Politicians' remedies for poor children are biz... [Published Mar 31 2010 by Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk] Michael Gove's Saturday schools brainwave is just the latest example of a politician keen to talk poverty but dodge reality Everyone has dodgy ideas at election time, but Michael Gove's latest is implausibly so. He told the Association of Teachers ...
Who's to blame for unruly kids in schools? [Published Mar 29 2010 by BBC Blogs: 5 live Breakfast] On the phone-in from 9 this morning.... The teacher's union - the Association of Teachers and Lecturers - claims classroom violence is on the up - and says parents should face the threat of losing child benefits unless they bring them back into line. ...