July and August 2019

A bridge to employment for students with learning disabilities, should we ‘level’ library collections,  a strong case for collaborative groupwork and teaching atomic theory in primary.

Level best?

In school libraries around the world, matching texts to levels of reading development is accepted practice. Should it be?

Group power

Grace Kelly relates the zone of proximal development to the effectiveness of groupwork in a classroom.

Atoms in primary

Can primary age students grasp the key ideas behind atomic theory? Mark Verde, at Bangkok Patana School certainly thinks so.

Growing competition

This new report commissioned by the Enrollment Management Association should be read by admissions staff and Heads.

Right blend

Blending on-line and in-class learning has clear advantages for international schools. But how can it be sustained in practice?

Opportunity bakes!

A new bakery in the UK is showing how a bridge to employment for students with learning disabilities can be built.

A time for giving

Frank Opray considers the rationale for fundraising in international schools and key aims for a Development Office.

Trail blazer

International recruitment specialist, Rory Galvin, looks at the significant opportunities opening up for a ‘trailing spouse’.

Virtually connected

A project linking a team in New York with teachers and classes in Andhra Pradesh establishes principles for good VC practice.

Black Sea conference

Stephen Priest, Principal of the British International School of Tblisi reports from the Black Sea Schools group, who have just held their first conference.

Music power

When the going gets tough, we often turn to music. According to Curtis Dean, recent research confirms that music can motivate, energise and soothe.

Academic independence

Becoming academically self-sufficient is invaluable for any student - but most have to be shown how.