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Are the new GCSE exams causing mental health problems?

Jun 24, 2018 | Category: Featured
Sitting an exam is, for most people, an inherently stressful situation. People have been sitting exams since at least the Sui dynasty in China (581-618 CE) when prospective entrants to the Imperial ci...
#stress #Exams #Kathryn Ecclestone #therapeutic education #tests #Kelly McGonigal

Fun is being "killed off"! Really?

Sep 06, 2016 | Category: Featured
Every now and then, children's author Michael Rosen writes a snarky open letter to whomever happens to be education secretary of the day castigating them for his bugbear du jour. His latest offering m...
#Michael Rosen #Justine Greening #tests

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