Michael Rosen

A place where I'll post up some thoughts and ideas - especially on literature in education, children's literature in general, poetry, reading, writing, teaching and thoughts on current affairs.

Saturday, 30 April 2016

Letter to the DfE

This is circulating on Facebook. It's a letter from a teacher to the DfE "Just a quick note to thank you for your reply to my let...

Nicky Morgan talks rubbish about creativity to head teachers today

Nicky Morgan throws down a challenge: "What are the limits placed on a child's imagination when they cannot write down their...

Thursday, 28 April 2016

Letter to me from teacher about SPaG test

"It occurred to me that although there were 49 questions [50 if you include one question with two distinct parts (Q21)], many questions...

Sunday, 24 April 2016

The test-crazy regime is based on treating our children as if they are machines.

This is about the teach-test regime where the tests are used to measure schools and not to help teachers to teach and children to learn. It...

PGCE student writes about how trainee teachers are feeling

"I am halfway through a Primary PGCE at one of the UK's leading institutions. When asked recently what our short-term (5 year) plan...

Unqualified teachers in senior roles; principals on 2x head-teacher's salary...

(This comes from someone who visits schools constantly.) "I've been into schools where senior roles (ie Head of House) are fille...

10 points for you to use or discuss for a meeting on education

If you're doing a meeting on education, here are some points you might want to make as part of the meeting. 1. When schools become aca...

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