Thursday
Darkside Virtual Cinema:Â Last day: Days of the Bagnold Summer, Test Pattern, Acasa, My Home. Held over through April 22: 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Animation Films, 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Live Action Films, 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Documentary Films, You Will Die at 20. Â Held over through April 29: This Is Not a Burial, It s a Resurrection, Blizzard of Souls, Center Stage Center Stage. Opening Friday: Slalom, It s for Your Own Good, True Mothers. Tickets:Â https://darksidecinema.com/.
Corvallis-OSU Piano International presents The Beethoven Project in honor of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven. A curated selection of sonatas performed by eight international artists has been recorded especially for the local audience. Hear them free of charge at https://corvallispiano.org/beethoven-project. The digital concert hall of Re-Imaginings, a Virtual Piano Festival also features recitals in its World Pianist, �
Thursday
Darkside Virtual Cinema:Â Rose Plays Julie, Perfumes, Wojnarowicz, Days of the Bagnold Summer, Test Pattern, Acasa, My Home, 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Animation Films, 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Live Action Films, 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Documentary Films, You Will Die at 20. Opening Friday: This Is Not a Burial, It s a Resurrection, Blizzard of Souls, Center Stage Center Stage. Tickets:Â https://darksidecinema.com/. Friday Night Funny: Comedy Roast of an Unborn Child, 7:30 p.m. The Majestic Theatre presents festivities including roast jokes, musical roasts, stand-up comedy, baby pictures, interactive games and prizes. Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/fnfroast.
Sunday Re-Imaginings, a Virtual Piano Festival features talent in its “Live and Local” series. Viewing is free at Corvallispiano.org/live-and-local/. These recitals were recorded especially for this festival on the Steinway grand piano at Grace Lutheran Church in Corvallis. In
Teachers in England will decide pupils’ GCSE and A-level grades this summer after exams were cancelled for the second year in a row amid the pandemic.
The changes to assessment have triggered calls across the sector for GCSEs to be reformed post-Covid.
The original motion called for the abolition of GCSEs, but delegates voted to amend the motion.
Instead, the conference backed the “replacement of GCSEs and A-levels with wider ranging, more flexible curricula, specifications and means of assessment which engage with the needs of students in the 21st century”.
Delegates also reiterated their support for the abolition of Sats tests and the baseline assessment in primary schools.
GCSEs and A-levels should be replaced with alternative assessments in the long term, teachers have said.
School staff now have a golden opportunity to stop toxic testing amid growing calls to reform the national assessments, the National Education Union s (NEU) virtual annual conference heard.
A motion passed at the conference called for GCSEs and A-levels to be replaced with more flexible means of assessment.
The National Union of Education is seeking a major overhaul of both GCSE and A-Level examinations replacing the toxic tests with a more flexible means of assessment
The union will also campaign for the abolition of Sats tests for primary school children
Teachers in England will decide pupils’ GCSE and A-level grades this summer after exams were cancelled for the second year in a row amid the pandemic.
The changes to assessment have triggered calls across the sector for GCSEs to be reformed post-Covid.
The original motion called for the abolition of GCSEs, but delegates voted to amend the motion.
Instead, the conference backed the “replacement of GCSEs and A-levels with wider ranging, more flexible curricula, specifications and means of assessment which engage with the needs of students in the 21st century”.
Delegates also reiterated their support for the abolition of Sats tests and the baseline assessment in primary schools.