Students and headteachers today demanded immediate clarity on whether GCSE and A-level exams will be axed this summer after Boris Johnson ‘bowed to the inevitable’ and shut all schools until February 22. The decision to close schools in England on the day many reopened after the festive break infuriated school leaders and unions who attacked the … Read more
Hand-written maths lessons that Dambusters hero Barnes Wallis used to woo his teenage wife are set to fetch £2,000 at auction. The man who went on to invent the ‘bouncing bomb’ fell for Molly Bloxham, a cousin half his age, in the 1920s. But her father felt it was inappropriate for her senior suitor, who … Read more
Hand-written maths lessons that Dambusters hero Barnes Wallis used to woo his teenage wife are set to fetch £2,000 at auction. The man who went on to invent the ‘bouncing bomb’ fell for Molly Bloxham, a cousin half his age, in the 1920s. But her father felt it was inappropriate for her senior suitor, who … Read more
Jamie Frost (pictured above), who works in Kingston upon Thames, received the one-off prize for going above and beyond during the Covid crisis to help keep pupils learning A maths teacher from south-west London has won a £33,000 global teaching award after his free tuition website helped students around the world study during the Covid-19 … Read more
Do the math! Mum begs for help to solve her daughter’s tricky numeracy homework – so, can YOU work out the answer? Alison Kindred, from Newport, Wales, was stumped by daughter’s homework Took to Facebook group ‘family lockdown tips & ideas’ to ask others for help Many were confused by answer, while some suggested pizza … Read more
A maths genius has won a £2.3million prize from Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation for working out the complex equations that result from stirring a cup of tea. Martin Hairer, 44, from Imperial College London, hit the jackpot as winner of the 2021 Breakthrough prize for mathematics. The Austrian-British researcher, who lives in London with his mathematician wife Xue-Mei … Read more
A maths genius has won a £2.3million prize from Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation for working out the complex equations that result from stirring a cup of tea. Martin Hairer, 44, from Imperial College London, hit the jackpot as winner of the 2021 Breakthrough prize for mathematics. The Austrian-British researcher, who lives in London with his mathematician wife Xue-Mei … Read more
Appalled by the intransigence of her union when it comes to getting pupils back into classrooms, this maths teacher at a state secondary in the North of England resigned her membership. Here, in a powerful account, the experienced teacher in her late 30s – who asked to remain anonymous – lays bare the unions’ shameful … Read more
Appalled by the intransigence of her union when it comes to getting pupils back into classrooms, this maths teacher at a state secondary in the North of England resigned her membership. Here, in a powerful account, the experienced teacher in her late 30s – who asked to remain anonymous – lays bare the unions’ shameful … Read more
Music lessons do NOT help children’s other areas of study like reading and maths, research suggests Music lessons do not help children improve cognitive skills for reading or maths Findings come from a review of 54 scientific studies involving 7,000 children But lessons can improve general intelligence, memory and sound perception By Victoria Allen Science … Read more