Is for-profit education bad?

If education is a human right, or even just a social necessity, should it be provided by the state, by charities or social providers, or should private providers be permitted? And if private operators are permitted, should they also be permitted to make a profit? And if they make a profit, is that bad and does that have a negative effect on the education they provide?

Performance-related (merit) pay and teachers

Merit-pay. Payment for Performance, Payment by Results / Outcomes / KPIs - different names for largely the same thing. We often hear that "schools should be run more like a business" (true in many respects, but not in the way proponents expect) and that teachers should be paid for performance. FInd out why this latter assertion can not work and never has.

Teacher pay, pay scales and fairness

Study English in the UK

Free thirty-minute seminar on studying English at the Wimbledon School of English.

School Choice, a human right?

Education, a public or private good?

Teachers and Bias

 

Appropriate or Controversial?

Gifted Education

 

Teacher appearance; does it matter?

Schools often have expectations for how teaches dress, how they do their hair, make-up or tattoos. Some may be logical such as protective eyewear in a science lab, or sports shoes in a gym. However some techers may feel athat sometimes these policies are not acceptable. Are any restrictions on how teachers present themselves reasonable, and if so where should such a line be drawn, how should they be enforced and by whom?

Do Bad Teachers Exist?

 

Grade Inflation : the Harvard Problem

 

Covid, Lockdown and the First Effects on Learning

Writing in the Early Years

Although this session deals with English Language Teaching, the philosophy and approaches are developmentally appropriate for Early Years (PK - K) programmes in all languages immersion programmes. Lower Primary (G1 - 4) teachers will also find this useful.

ELT Pairwork activities for A1/A2 and/or Young Learners

 

Leadership : Mind Your Language, defining your Department's Mission

 

Defining your department or section`s Mission, Purpose, Objectives and Organising Principles.

An important consideration for Heads of Department, Academic Directors, Heads of School and Board members. Essentially no schools in Chile have defined their "Englishness", and many if not most use terms such as E2L, EFL and bilingual freely, loosely and interchangeably. Defining "who we are and what business we are in" affects and determines the role and profile of English the school, the programme, contents and methodologies, evaluation, staff selection, publications - everything in fact!

January 2021 Advanced Speaking Practice

     

January 2021 Literature - Short Stories

 

January 2021 Literature - Poetry

 

January 2021 Advanced Reading Comprehension

English has no future, talking about tomorrow

January 2021 Advanced Use of English

 

January 2021 Advanced English

 

Do teachers have free speech?