BBC – Judith Burns
“It will take a decade to bring maths teaching in England up to world-beating standards, say subject experts. A report from the Advisory Council on Mathematics Education (ACME) suggests teachers responsible for maths in both primary and secondary schools need better qualifications and training…Global school rankings published in May this year put UK pupils 20th in the world for maths and science…The authors compared maths teacher training in England with four of the world’s most successful education systems: Singapore, Shanghai, Germany and Massachusetts…In particular, all trainee teachers who will teach maths should have higher qualifications than at present, both at primary and secondary level, they argue. All primary teachers teach maths, argues the report, but most have not studied the subject since they were 16.”(more)