Article: Teacher training misses the pass mark.

Article: Right of Reply: Doug McAvoy The NUT's General ...
The Independent - London;  December 9, 1998 ;     476 words ...THE NATIONAL Literacy Project is a success story. Its development had all the characteristics that promote school improvement: the enthusiasm of teachers who knew they were in on something big; a decent time-scale for implementation (two years); quality professional development; and partnership

Article: Dear Doug McAvoy
The Independent - London;  April 8, 1994 ;     615 words ...Didn't Winston Churchill once say: "In defeat, defiance; in victory, magnanimity"? Perhaps you should think about taking his advice before you lead the National Union of Teachers' troops back into the fray. Last year's teachers' boycott of national curriculum testing must have been the most

Article: Right of Reply: Doug McAvoy The head of the ...
The Independent - London;  April 1, 1999 ;     471 words ...SHOOTING THE messenger is a well-known pursuit, but it is surprising to find The Independent a participant. Unlike the Government, the National Union of Teachers has conducted thorough research of members' views on the Green Paper. The 30,000 responses overwhelmingly opposed payment by results.

Article: WELL, DID I PASS THE TEST? In July, Doug McAvoy, ...
Evening Standard - London;  May 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ...THERE are good days and bad days, but there has never been a day when I have not wanted to come to work. It has been tremendously satisfying knowing that you are doing the right thing for teachers, schools and, ultimately, the pupils. I wanted to be a teacher from a young age. When I was a child, I

Article: WELL, DID I PASS THE TEST? In July, Doug McAvoy, ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  May 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Byline: YVONNE SINGH THERE are good days and bad days, but there has never been a day when I have not wanted to come to work. It has been tremendously satisfying knowing that you are doing the right thing for teachers, schools and, ultimately, the pupils. I wanted to be a teacher from a young age.

Article: EDUCATION: Teaching course drop-outs cost pounds 100m a year ...
The Independent - London;  November 2, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... students recruited to teacher training either dropped out ... The cost of initial teacher training, including training ... showed recruitment to teacher training courses at its highest ... teachers are leaving." Doug McAvoy, the general secretary ...

Article: UK Students Shun Teacher Training Courses
Xinhua English Newswire;  February 21, 1997 ;     385 words ... ... UCAS), applications for 4-year undergraduate courses at teacher training colleges in September drop from 75,900 last year to 66 ... government has allowed the education service to be denigrated". Doug McAvoy, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers ...