The days when spiral notebooks, No. 2 pencils, and a backpack full of textbooks served as the mainstays of the American classroom are rapidly giving way to a new school environment. Interactive whiteboards, online classes, streaming lectures, and digital textbooks are revolutionizing the way stude... Read more...
Pupils should be required to remain in school long after the conventional 3.30pm finishing time to acclimatise them to a "work-like timetable", it is claimed. Stephen Twigg, the shadow education secretary, says an extended day would keep children off the streets, stop them being sucked in... Read more...