Monthly Archives: February 2011

NASUWT comments on the Taxpayers’ Alliance report on supply teachers

Posted on February 25, 2011 by nasuwtny

Commenting on the report by the Taxpayers’ Alliance on expenditure by schools on supply staff, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, said: “Supply teachers are valuable members of the school workforce. “It is wrong to … Continue reading →

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‘IMPOSING ON TEACHERS ONE METHOD OF TEACHING READING IS LIKE TELLING SURGEONS THEY CAN ONLY USE A SCALPEL TO OPERATE’ SAYS THE NASUWT

Posted on February 17, 2011 by nasuwtny

A survey of over 2,000 teachers on how children are taught to read raises serious concerns over the Coalition Government’s plans to require teachers to teach reading using systematic synthetic phonics, a system of teaching children to read by blending … Continue reading →

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TIME TO PUT IDEOLOGY TO ONE SIDE AND LISTEN TO THE EVIDENCE

Posted on February 3, 2011 by nasuwtny

Commenting on the Education Select Committee report on behaviour and discipline, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union, said: “The message from this report is clear that there is a direct link between the curriculum and … Continue reading →

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