A good teacher turns education into an art
Teachers are one of the cornerstones of a school, the professionals who support and help students throughout their entire time at school. “A teacher is someone who makes their disciples reflect and think for themselves, investigate, argue, question, try, doubt...
The digitalisation of education in Spain
On 14 March 2020, education systems the world over ground to a halt and schools had to open up thousands of “branch offices” in their students’ homes. With varying degrees of fortune, most schools were helpless in the face of this situation and had no idea how to...
The Spanish Baccalaureate in Music and Performing Arts
Music and expressive arts play a key role in children’s integral development. Not only do they provide enormous cognitive and personal benefits, but they also strengthen communication skills. Dance and other artistic disciplines stimulate the senses while helping...
Emotional education, or how to recognise and manage our emotions
In our fast-paced daily lives, we face a number of demands and responsibilities and have to adapt to constantly changing environments. In this context, interior balance and well-being are essential. What is the emotional education? We must be familiar with our own...
BSS schools get better results in PISA for Schools than the leading OECD countries
PISA for Schools (PfS) has been considered the most demanding international external assessment for the past 10 years. Spain started to take part in this new OECD test in 2012 so that its wide network of public, private and charter schools could benefit from this...
Educational Social Responsibility
What is social responsibility in schools? Education is considered to be one of the eight priority areas for driving and promoting corporate social responsibility (CSR). As one of society’s priority goals, social responsibility should be included in education and, over...
Five reasons why learning spanish is a sure-fire advantage for our children
Spanish has become a top choice for those who want to learn a second language. According to the Instituto Cervantes, a Spanish public institute created to promote the Spanish language, there are 24 million students learning Spanish worldwide, many of them in a centre...
Schools that prepare the professionals of the future
“Sixty percent of today’s schoolchildren will work in jobs that don’t even exist yet” We often hear statements like this one in the media, but what will these new jobs be? What skills will they need? How can we prepare our students for something that doesn’t even...
