BW-6235D

SCHOOL - DIFFERENT FOR BOYS?

Sir Gareth Southgate - ex-England football manager - says education needs to change to better serve boys, who are struggling more than girls. Role models, mentors and more male teachers would be good?

BBC

Reinvent

BP-6226A

TOO MANY NEETS - WHY'S THAT?

Have our young ones been led up the garden path - being told they must get a degree? The unis rake in millions - but teach a host of useless stuff to kids who cannot apply that stuff in a workplace. Rethink due?

TCW

Reinvent

BW-6164G

BOOKS BACK IN SWEDISH SCHOOLS

Swedish schools are using more books - less tech. The move is being criticised - but given the harms of screen use and the fact 24% of Swedish teenagers aren't functionally literate - maybe not a bad idea?

BBC

Schools

BP-6156A

TIME TO RETHINK EDUCATION?

Is uni a complete con for young people? It now appears to be a financial trap for youngsters - teased into uni life - and debt - by the dressing of high salaries to be gained in the future - if they can find a salary!

SKY NEWS

Universities

BP-6133B

WHY IS ADULT LITERACY POOR?

Many adults in the UK and US are poor in functional literacy. They can read - at a level expected of a secondary school student - but don't understand the meaning of what they read. A huge failure of schools?

VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES

Schools