The former MP Douglas Carswell – now CEO of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy in the US – has highlighted a crucial difference between the American and British education systems. He says: “As a parent, there is one striking difference that no one seems to talk about. It is so much easier in the…
A survey carried out for The Richmond Project has revealed that many young people have a poor understanding of basic financial concepts, such as inflation and compound interest. The survey of 10,000 people revealed that younger generations have a worse grasp of their finances than their parents. The Richmond Project, a charity set up by…
I have written before about the menace too much screen time can cause to children at school; concentration levels decrease, sleep comes harder, and mental health can suffer. Indeed, I noted how Sweden – once lauded for its education – was reversing its decision to encourage more screen time for learning. Now we read that…
Sweden’s high literary standards were once lauded across the developed world. Then they slumped and the country fell down the international PISA rankings. Diagnosing the problem caused a great deal of debate but the governing administration has decided that part of the problem is down to children working from screens in schools. The Nordic nation…
A letter recently sent by Schools Minister Georgia Gould to Ofqual confirmed that GCSE students will no longer have to memorise equations and formulae. It’s been the case since the lockdowns, but now we know the situation has more permanence. You might say, well what does it matter? We don’t memorise all sorts of things…