Education at a Glance 2020

On average in England, teachers' pay at the top of their salary scales is 152 per cent higher than for those at the start of their careers.

Teachers at the top of the pay scale earn more than double the salaries of those starting their careers in England, according to this new OECD report. On average in England, teachers’ pay at the top of their salary scales is 152 per cent higher than for those at the start of their careers – at preschool, primary and secondary level.

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      string(1470) "focus on one chapter and explore the issues ina variety of ways. For example, pupils could be invited to createquestions about things that interest or puzzle them in thechapter.Alternatively, pupils could play the roles of any of the maincharacters in a ‘hot-seating’ session. Other members of theclass would then ask them questions about why they madecertain choices. There are even many minor characters whocould provide interesting insights and perspectives if theywere respresented by pupils in such role-play activities.Tuck Everalsting, however, is not just an ‘issues book’, it is alsosuperbly written. The choices and decisions the charactersmake are integrated into a wonderfully inventive plot. Vividdescription adds plenty of atmosphere and the maincharacters are people we can care about. Even the greedyvillain of the book – called simply ‘the man in the yellow suit’– evokes some of our sympathy at first.The story starts slowly but builds towards a terrific climax,and the ending always brought a lump to my throat when Iread it aloud to a class. It is an ideal book with which tocombine the discussion of ideas, shared writing and the studyof good writing style.It is only available in an American edition at the momentbut single copies or a class set can be ordered cheaply andeasily from most good bookshops or from BookQuest serviceson the Education-Quest homepage at www.education-quest.co.uk.Steve Williams"
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Leadership

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8 Sep 2020

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