Are we really running schools like factories?
The issue with the age-based class, is that there may be as many as half a dozen “learning years” separating the strugglers from the high achievers.
The End of Exams
What if pupils could be tracked continuously over their school careers – from homework assignments and weekly quizzes, to the speed with which they absorb new material? The need for an exam season, and all the anxiety, stress and mental health issues associated with it, would be gone.
Students need their sleep
When we think about all the things parents worry about, the effects of sleep are about four times higher than the effects of smartphone use.
A Bad Education – No!
Education not only needs to be more practical, it needs to be more holistic. Valuing high marks and exam success over practical skills – and skills in entrepreneurship, leadership and innovation – is an antiquated model that turns out unenthusiastic, uncreative, outcome-focused students who lack the necessary qualities to be well-rounded members of the workforce, and of society.
Education – not Exams
“Learning is not a competition,” states Ong Ye Kung, Singapore’s Education Minister. The Ministry of Education (MOE) is planning a series of changes aimed at discouraging comparisons between student performance and encourage individuals to concentrate on their own learning development.