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Publication: Times Education Supplement

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Targeting quality over quantity in £1bn spend

UK department seeks value for money in international projectsIt is the second largest provider of education to the developing world, with a target to support 11 million children in schools by 2015.But the UK's Department for International Development ... [Published Times Education Supplement - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Justine Greening, United Kingdom, Education, Pakistan

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Organ Donation, Anatomy and genetic modification

ENGLISHMonsters made by manMany regard Frankenstein, published in 1818, as the first example of science fiction. Its author, Mary Shelley, was inspired to write it after having a dream in which a scientist succeeded in creating a living creature, only ... [Published Times Education Supplement - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Donations, Anatomy, Leonardo Da Vinci, Microsoft PowerPoint

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Scholastic Corporation

Everything changes

Two frank and informative books demystify puberty for childrenA-Z of Growing Up, Puberty and SexThere is no such thing as a stupid question. And while A-Z of Growing Up, Puberty and Sex covers just about everything a teenager might want to know, perhaps ... [Published Times Education Supplement - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Christian Jessen, Sex, Scholastic Corporation, Cyberbullying, Channel 4

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Tring Park School for the Performing Arts

What price fame? A lot of hard work

We must teach children that success in the arts doesn't happen overnight, Stefan Anderson saysSince the proliferation of reality shows such as The X Factor and Got to Dance, children increasingly want to be "stars". However, many equate success with this ... [Published Times Education Supplement - 1 hour ago]

Entities: X Factor, Stefan Anderson, Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, Simon Cowell, Downton Abbey

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Church of England

Saving lives after death with organ transplants

Donations have increased in the UK but 1,000 patients a year are dying on the waiting list. Should an opt-out system be introduced?The number of people in the UK donating their organs after death has risen by 50 per cent since 2008. But concerns remain ... [Published Times Education Supplement - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Donations, United Kingdom, Church of England, Donor

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

University of Manchester

Classroom practice - How to make your walls work for you

There's more to 'working walls' than you might think - with a little ingenuity, teachers can use them for any subject and age groupMark Hitchen doesn't just make his students work; he makes his walls work, too. His classroom at Sandy Lane Primary School ... [Published Times Education Supplement - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Sam Adams, Teaching, guidelines, Education, University of Manchester

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

From The Editor - An educational star that is truly worth following

For those who are tired of imported lessons from overseas, the idea that the US state of Massachusetts is the latest star to follow will be met with literal world-weariness (see pages 26-30). The hyping of school systems like next season's must-have accessories ... [Published Times Education Supplement - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Cuckoo, Impersonator, Poland, Singapore, Hong Kong

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

US embraces 'new reality' of lifelong learning

Study finds that Generation X is the keenest yet on educationYoung adults in the US are more likely to be involved in lifelong learning than ever before, with more than one in 10 currently enrolled on courses to expand their education, according to a ... [Published Times Education Supplement - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Jon Miller, Generation X, Education

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

Leadership - Be friendly, but don't be friends

As a leader you must establish some distance socially from the teachers you manageYou've got the promotion, the title and the pay rise; you may even have a new desk. But have you now lost your social life? For many teachers who are leading and managing ... [Published Times Education Supplement - May 25 2013]

Entities: Leadership, Friendship, A ROUND, Admission, Atmosphere

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

A real money-spinner

Mark 30 years of the UK $1 coin with a wealth of currency facts When the $1 coin was introduced 30 years ago, to replace the traditional $1 note, it was not universally welcomed.The UK prime minister at the time, Margaret Thatcher, told MPs in 1984 that ... [Published Times Education Supplement - May 25 2013]

Entities: 7th century BC, Alloy, Queen Elizabeth II

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

There's nothing to gain from blame and shame

A moral panic over standards has led to the denigration of teachers and those who educate them. Enough is enough, Tara Brabazon saysEducation is one of the few areas in life where everyone is an expert. Everyone went to school. Everyone had a great teacher. ... [Published Times Education Supplement - May 25 2013]

Entities: Education, Teaching, Adelaide (Australia), Jacques Barzun, Inequality

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

School sport puts the 'A' in team, study finds

Students who play for clubs get better grades, US researchers sayTeam sport is the only type of extracurricular activity to make a significant and consistent difference to students' academic grades, new research has found.Students who belong to extracurricular ... [Published Times Education Supplement - May 25 2013]

Entities: University of South Carolina, Northampton School for Boys, Pennsylvania State University, Higher Education, Competent

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...They believe that such transplants "could be justified as a bridge until a human organ becomes available"

Organ Donation, Anatomy and genetic modification [Published Times Education Supplement - 1 hour ago]

..."I wrote this to help explain to you all those strange goings on that happen to your body as you get older," Jessen says in the introduction. "Your friends will tell you things that may sound scary... a lot will be exaggerated or even completely made up."

Everything changes [Published Times Education Supplement - 1 hour ago]

...the OrganOrgan Donation Taskforce, says that donor families often gain a great deal of comfort from the decision to donate their relative's organs. "I know families who keep a letter telling them where the organs have gone, as a comfort they take with them every day" she says

Saving lives after death with organ transplants [Published Times Education Supplement - 1 hour ago]

Adams adds that teachers are starting to use working walls with four- and five-year-olds, too. "They have to be slightly different. I have seen some great examples where a character from a fairy tale or children's (television) programme is put on a board and changes subtly each day, and the children have to spot the change and write a sentence explaining it on the whiteboard next to it."

Classroom practice - How to make your walls work for you [Published Times Education Supplement - 1 hour ago]

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