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Top Pupils Dumb Down
In an article on BBC News today William Richardson, general secretary of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, considers whether the need to include specific words and stick to a rigid framework in subjects such as GCSE English means that a school's most able pupils often have to learn to 'dumb down'.  He comments: "Heads will say our most able pupils who don't use the buzz words don't get the top grades - but they produce the most novel and insightful answers.  The markers can't accommodate the originality of their answers." 

Read the full article here.



 
This news report was added on the 27/09/2012 @ 13:29:09
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