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This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award.
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Behaviour News Issue 11 - October 2011

Dear Michael Mallows,

Welcome to Issue 11 of Behaviour News from Osiris Educational. The most relevant articles from the world of education delivered to your inbox

Tougher teacher training to raise reading standards

Greater emphasis will be placed on teachers’ ability to help children learn to read, control unruly pupils and educate those with special needs or disabilities under a revised training framework announced by the schools watchdog today. Continue reading →

Never mind Las Vegas, there is “Fear and Loathing” in the classroom

The grim picture of the modern classroom is revealed in a series of statistics issued by the Schools Health Education Unit. The figures disclose that by the age of 11, at least one in three girls wanted to lose weight, rising to two thirds by they got to the age of 15. Continue reading →

Students use ‘obscene, offensive’ language in exams

Instead of answering questions, candidates have been caught writing obscenities – including racist remarks, comments about the examiners and lewd drawings – on their answer sheets. The number of students doing so has more than doubled since 2007, from 193 to 422 in this summer’s exams.Continue reading →

“Teenspeak” reinvents the language

Ex-gang members were used as script advisers on a new British film about girl gangs so that the language would be authentic. How hard is it to write in the way that young people speak to each other? Continue reading →

Black schoolboys underachieving because ‘academic success is seen as gay’

Adolph Cameron, head of the Jamaican Teachers’ Association, said many boys perform poorly because their fear that appearing studious undermines their masculinity. Continue reading →

Primary school truancy reaches new high

The number of primary school pupils truanting each day has reached a record high, new figures show. Statistics published by the Department for Education reveal an average of 23,244 primary school pupils were off school without permission each day between September 2010 and April 2011 – the autumn and spring terms. Continue reading →

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Danielle Lynch