Many children are leaving primary school every year in the UK with inadequate reading skills. The ability to read well is a fundamental life skill. To read well means not only to be able to recognise words on a page but also to be able to read independently and effectively for meaning. One of the…
It was recently reported in The Telegraph that schools are being issued with checklists designed to root out the worst behaviour offenders and ensure staff reward well-behaved children. Inconsistency is certainly the main cause of behaviour difficulties in children. This is the case with parenting and is no different in schools. Children know exactly what…
You don’t have to be a sports enthusiast to have heard or be interested in the recent debates about racism in football or the lack of black coaches and managers causing concern. Of course being married to a football coach who has worked with children for many years I have heard it loud and clear!…
I was not the brightest pupil in secondary school. I always got E and F grades in my assignments. At the time it felt as though the tutors only cared about those who were going to boost their ratings, and that did not include me. A careers advisor once told me to drop my ambition…
An upcoming conference at Warwick University in October 2011 is calling for papers with the aim of facilitating informed opinion on sexuality in Jamaica and the English speaking Caribbean. The title of the conference, Emerging Sexualities and Race: Responses to Sexuality in Jamaica and the English Speaking Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora, hints that it is…
Recent reports in the media have indicated that there are a growing number of African people returning to their motherland from Europe because of high levels of job insecurity. Common convention especially within some right-wing migration discourses; often describe the African bit of the South-North travel as an economic experience inspired by a one-way ticket…
The Daily Express is keeping up with its reputation of almost lampooning migrants as a sport. The latest onslaught came this week after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released some figures that showed a steady increase in unemployment. The figures also reveal that people aged between 16 and 24 are especially affected by the…