Who would have thought a few gold stars could create such a storm? Many a teacher, perhaps: we’ve all dealt with parents cross because their child didn’t win a prize, or gain as many gold stars as their neighbour.
It started with the government’s “behaviour tsar”, Tom Bennett, who was reported in the Sunday Times as criticising sticker charts as “inappropriate for older children” while even primary schools, he continued, should consider dropping them.
Then the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) issued a press release characterising Mr Bennett’s comments as tantamount to further government interference in the classroom, even down to micro-managing teachers’ use of classroom resources.
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