Functional learning jeopardising education, says head

This article, especially written for the NUT is one of many on all subjects relating to education in England and Wales. Since 2002 we have been archiving these articles and you can visit the Newswire Archive here. Functional learning jeopardising education, says head A focus on "functional" learning is jeopardising the education of modern-day schoolchildren, it has been argued. Bernice McCabe, the headteacher of top independent school North London Collegiate, has suggested that traditional subject teaching has been "dumbed down". Speaking at a course to run by The Prince's Teaching Institute - which... [read full story]