ISC Daily News Summary

Nick Brook, NAHT deputy general secretary, says teachers need to be given hope that efforts are being made to 'make teaching great again'. Tes.

Only nine UK universities have made it into this year's Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings. By Nicola Woolcock, The Times. Also reported by The Independent.

Sir Michael Wilshaw says supply teachers and newly qualified teachers should be given a 'school-in-a-box', which would contain the key resources needed to carry out their work straight away. By Will Hazell, Tes.

The Department for Education (DfE) is planning to fund around 20 post-16 Centres for Excellence in maths, with each one set to receive between £140,000 and £300,000 per year. By George Ryan, Tes.

New analysis of the free schools programme in England, which has been carried out by the Sutton Trust and the NFER, suggests the programme’s original purpose of offering innovative and parent-led approaches to the curriculum is not being fulfilled. By Sean Coughlan, BBC News. This news story has attracted widespread coverage in the media.

Lulu Kuper, a teacher specialising in the education and assessment of dyslexia, looks at how to help children who struggle to read. The Guardian.

Schools minister Nick Gibb has said the the Government would be willing to consider a proposal for a British sign language GCSE. By Pippa Allen-Kinross, Schools Week.

BBC News examines whether twins should be taught separately or kept together at school. By Katherine Sellgren.