Jaye Richards's Page

I’ve often used my own blog to write about my thoughts on equality and inclusion and in particular, homophobia in schools and the real damage to so many lives it causes. Here is a collection of these posts, grouped together in one page.

Why do I write about these issues ? well, I guess for many reasons, most of which are highly personal. My own experiences in life have left me with a real sense of sadness at the prejudice and injustice which despite changing attitudes and legislation, remains,… Continue

The recent OFSTED report , talking about ICT initiatives in England and Wales makes the following point…

despite the heavy investment in ICT there was no evidence of the “systematic evaluation of the impact on learning”

Read the report summary, courtesy of Merlin John online here…

http://bit.ly/hUxZE


I’ve often written about my own feelings on the lack of quantitative research on ICT. I think that with such vast sums of money spent on ICT (including GLOW at some £37.5 millions on developmen… Continue

An interesting letter in a recent edition of the Herald (Tuesday 23rd June) provides a much more objective view of the recent graduation of Scotland’s first teachers qualified to teach Mandarin, and the Confucius classroom ‘hub’ schools set up to further the teaching of Mandarin. In the letter, Prof. Stuart Picken argues that if Scotland had been serious about its desire to develop trade and cultural links with China, the opportunities have existed for many years, and in fact, it’s really Japan… Continue