Category: Falling standards in maths and literacy

David Philpot · Evidence based · Falling standards in maths and literacy · mathematics · Sounds-Write · statistics

Vital statistics? The ‘sexy job’ of the future, says Google’s chief statistician.

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What’s the future going to be in terms of preparing oneself for a worthwhile job? Is it the law, economics, politics? Not according to Hal Varian, Google’s chief statistician. For Hal, the sexy job to be doing in the next ten years is going to be statistics!In an interview with Tim Harford on Radio 4’s… Continue reading Vital statistics? The ‘sexy job’ of the future, says Google’s chief statistician.

Falling standards in maths and literacy · Sounds-Write

More evidence of the fall in standards in maths and literacy.

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A new report in the Sunday Express this morning claims that more and more teachers are struggling with basic spelling and numeracy. The article reports that ‘Michael Gove, the Shadow Schools Secretary, pledged that a future Conservative government would raise teaching standards’.The real question needing to be addressed is: how do we improve standards in… Continue reading More evidence of the fall in standards in maths and literacy.