Pearson Schools Blog
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Celebrating International Internet Day: The role of the internet in education
Today’s classrooms are evolving with creativity, thanks in part to new, engaging tools for online learning. In this latest blog post to celebrate International Internet Day, we salute the integral, and continuously evolving role of the internet in UK schools – both now, and for the future.
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A spotlight on Diego Bartolomeu: The boy bringing the black curriculum to school
Are you keen to see more changes in how black history and black experiences are represented in schools? Your next role model might well be this inspiring student…
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Using Power Maths flexibly in KS1
This blog provides some tips for KS1 teachers, although a lot of the ideas can be applied throughout Y1-6.
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Ploys for Boys – with Girls Allowed! How to get boys reading (or even reading more) - Alec Williams
"Boys do read - sometimes more than girls. They just don't talk about it as much, or pretend they're reading, as some girls do, to keep you happy!" The authentic voice of real-life experience from leading school librarian Eileen Armstrong, with whom I collaborated to produce the government-backed ‘Boys into Books’ initiative back in 2007. Is the issue of boys’ reading still ‘a thing’, 14 years on?
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Rethinking Maths for Black History Month and beyond – with Susan Okereke
If you were asked to quickly picture a mathematician in your mind, what would that person look like? How old would they be? What gender? And what about the colour of their skin?
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To mark this year’s Black History Month, we consider how to best achieve Maths diversity, with the wisdom of Susan Okereke.