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The Day helps students think for themselves. In our member schools we are:
- Transforming form time, assemblies, citizenship teaching and cover lessons – saving hundreds of hours for teachers.
- Enriching curriculum teaching across the school, particularly in GCSE, AS and A-level Humanities, Modern Foreign Languages and Science.
- Inspiring students and teachers with topical case-studies and real world examples - using the news to bring subjects to life.
- Improving literacy and verbal communication - helping reluctant readers engage and under-confident youngsters find their voice.
- Engaging students across a wide range of ages and abilities with debating questions and activities linked to each story.
- Developing the social, moral, spiritual and cultural awareness of students by highlighting the big ethical issues behind the news.
- Motivating more students to take an interest in the wider world, get involved and equip themselves better for interviews.
News-based teaching: the evidence
May 2012: A group of British MPs report that learning to think for yourself should be a key goal of education policy
December 2011: A survey of 500 CEOs says that knowledge of the wider world is more important than exam results
November 2011: A survey from the OECD finds that teenagers who discuss current affairs at home do better at school
October 2011: A group of charities report that debating current affairs in class has a direct benefit to exam results