BBC NEWS | Education | Head scraps homework ‘dinosaur’

BBC NEWS | Education | Head scraps homework ‘dinosaur’
“Its website says that in its pilot phase, children who followed the alternative curriculum in Year Seven performed “significantly better” in national maths and English tests than those who followed a traditional curriculum and that their behaviour was also better.”

Home education in schools then?

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2 Comments

  1. Katy
    Posted Fri Jan 21 2005 at 20:42 | Permalink

    Interesting! So Unit studies is the way to go then!! Made me laugh though, in spite of the kids doing better the DfES bloke still insists that homework is essential???

  2. dottyspots
    Posted Sat Jan 22 2005 at 19:07 | Permalink

    Homework is essential – preferably all home (well, not school anyway!)