Schoolchildren ought not to be given grades on tests, only general comments, so that they can’t compare themselves with other children.
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Teachers should not be allowed to use red pens to correct exercises as this is psychologically harmful to students.
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Secondary school teachers should never be made to teach more than four hours a day, so that they have enough time to prepare classes and correct homework.
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Children don’t need to be ‘streamed’ at school. Stronger pupils can learn as much in a class with weaker pupils as they would with those of their own level.
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The fact that everyone uses keyboards to write means that it’s no longer important to teach handwriting.
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Competitive sport should be banned in schools, so that children’s self-esteem is not affected by losing.
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Science teachers should be paid more than arts teachers as it is much harder to recruit them.
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Online learning and coursework can never totally replace traditional learning methods.
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The people who decide on new education laws should be teachers, not politicians.
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The best way to motivate children to pass exams is to give them money as a reward.
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Continuous assessment and project work is fairer than traditional written exams.
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With so much information available on their phones and computers, children don’t need to memorize facts like multiplication tables and important historical dates.
