Yesterday was a bit of a banner day for education announcements during Gordon Browns speech at the Labour Conference in Manchester. Alongside the leaked announcement about broadband vouchers there was also another major announcement of particular interest to the Beanbag community.
One-on-one tuition will be become a right for primary school children who are struggling with maths and English from 2011 (with pilot schemes running a year earlier). This is a £315million programme so its been a good couple of days for those for an interest in one-to-one education and technology!
The full story can be found on the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7632194.stm
Tuition aid for struggling pupils Matt 24 September
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Stephen Fowler 19 December
I always wondered why the schools don't give a bit of one-to-one help towards the end of term when most of the school is rehearsing for plays or enjoying 'golden time'.