ISC Daily News Summary

Education Secretary, Damian Hinds MP, has said middle class parents tend to have outdated views towards vocational education and has urged schools to promote vocational routes to young people. By Rosemary Bennett, The Times.

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has issued seven tips to improve science teaching in secondary schools. By Martin George, Tes.

Tes also reports on the recommendations from the EEF, writing that science teachers should tackle pupils' misconceptions before starting new topics.

Alex Krasodomski-Jones,a researcher at the Demos think tank, writes for The Times in favour of social media which, he states, can be a 'force for good in young people's hands'.

Helen Clapham, director of external relations at The Grammar School at Leeds, discusses the school's partnership with Harrogate Theatre - bringing children together, across the community, to benefit from the arts.

James Bennett, an English teacher at a school in North London, writes about why PSHE lessons are so important. Tes.

Fears have been raised by educational publishers about the Department for Education's scheme to rate textbooks. By Helen Ward, Tes.