Education in the News - Friday 19 September 2008

Courtesy The Royal Society  Thu, 09/18/2008 - 18:00

Ofsted has reported that, while maths exam results have improved significantly over the past decade, many children are not able to apply maths in their everyday lives when they leave school.


 

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