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 responses to “BBC NEWS | Education | Head scraps homework 'dinosaur'”
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???
Homework is essential – preferably all home (well, not school anyway!)