News tagged with school league tables
UK study: League tables help predict children's success
Parents who choose secondary schools on the basis of league tables will ensure their children do better in their GCSEs than those who choose schools at random, according to a new study.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Are school league tables any good?
Choosing a child’s school based on league tables is inadvisable because the tables ignore the uncertainty that arises from predicting a school’s future performance based on its past performance, according ...
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Aug 11, 2009 |
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Can a business strategy framework be applied to the Scottish Premier League?
A major research project conducted by University of Glasgow’s Business School has found that leading figures in Scottish football believe the game is boring and that fans are losing interest. The MBA ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 25, 2011 |
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The talking kitchen that teaches you French
An innovative kitchen that gives step-by-step cooking instructions in French could spark a revolution in language learning in the UK.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Cellphones spread into pre-teen demographic
Brandon Gonzales has been carrying his black Pantech cellphone with the slide-out keyboard for two years. Brandon is 12.
Sep 22, 2011 |
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BinCam: We've bin watching you!
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists at Newcastle University have come up with a novel way of encouraging students to recycle – using a camera phone and Facebook.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 08, 2011 |
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People like us: why some middle class families opt for the local comp
(PhysOrg.com) -- A book co-authored by a UWE academic delves into the assumptions and motivations of liberal parents in making decisions about secondary schools.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2011 |
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Children 'increasingly unlikely' to learn a modern language
(PhysOrg.com) -- Children are increasingly unlikely to leave school with even the most basic knowledge of modern languages despite Government claims to the contrary, an independent study has found.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 03, 2009 |
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$2.5B spent, no alternative med cures
(AP) -- Ten years ago the government set out to test herbal and other alternative health remedies to find the ones that work. After spending $2.5 billion, the disappointing answer seems to be that almost ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 10, 2009 |
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Government use of school league tables completely unjustified
Parents and teachers should not rely on school league tables to judge how good, or bad, a school is, according to research published today.
May 29, 2008 |
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i.play Offers Video Game-like Playground Equipment
For children of today’s generation, swings and slides don’t seem to cut it anymore—not when you have an Xbox and Playstation in your living room. In an attempt to curb the rising childhood obesity rates partially ...
Sep 20, 2007 |
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