Times Online Articles

Thanks to Paul Henderson for forwarding these three items from the Times Online

Think tank: Bring on a teaching revolution
Education should open pupils’ minds, not impart facts
Don Tapscott. January 11, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article5488514.ece

Think Tank: New ideas for the 21st Century: A better way to rate our schools
The league tables are letting us all down
Michael Gove. January 11, 2009
http://tiny.cc/lof9v

Do the maths. Experts say we’re getting worse at maths and science. But now we have shiny new labs and cutting-edge teaching methods, were we really better off in the past? John Cornwell joins two leading scientists at their former schools to find out
John Cornwell. January 11, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article5467255.ece