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Dickens 'beyond' modern children
Sunday, February 5, 2012 9:30:44 AM CST
Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works.
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'More pupils not toilet trained'
Monday, February 6, 2012 9:43:11 AM CST
Teachers say an increasing number of pupils are wetting themselves at school, because they are not toilet trained.
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Work contacts 'cut dropout rate'
Saturday, February 4, 2012 6:37:36 PM CST
The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests.
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Pupils learn how to 'fail well'
Saturday, February 4, 2012 6:52:26 PM CST
A top girls' school is planning a "failure week" to teach pupils to embrace risk, build resilience and learn from their mistakes.
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Universities warned over access
Friday, February 3, 2012 6:25:57 AM CST
The incoming fair access watchdog says universities will be fined for failing to recruit more students from poorer backgrounds.
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Academy school results 'inflated'
Thursday, February 2, 2012 8:17:08 PM CST
The results of England's academy schools are being inflated by the over-use of vocational equivalents, analysis suggests.
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Children's access rights pledge
Friday, February 3, 2012 7:07:09 AM CST
Children are to get legal rights to maintain relationships with both their parents, as part of a shake-up of the family justice system.
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Union plea to delay exams change
Friday, February 3, 2012 8:05:24 AM CST
Schools should be allowed to delay a new exam system if they are not ready to implement it, Scotland's largest teaching union says.
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Loans boss 'to pay tax at source'
Thursday, February 2, 2012 5:54:45 PM CST
The head of the Student Loans Company will have tax and National Insurance payments deducted from his £182,000 pay package in future, ministers say.
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University places go to colleges
Thursday, February 2, 2012 5:45:07 AM CST
Further education colleges are going to offer thousands more degree places, previously provided by universities.
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Shouting out 'helps pupils learn'
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 7:19:36 PM CST
Pupils who shout out in class achieve better results than their counterparts who appear to be better behaved and quiet, suggests research.
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Asbestos in schools a 'scandal'
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 11:06:17 PM CST
The presence of killer fibre asbestos in most UK state schools constitutes a "national scandal", says an all-party group of parliamentarians.
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Dinner ladies win equal pay row
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 3:16:54 PM CST
Nearly 1,000 female workers, including dinner ladies, cleaners and carers, are to receive five years' back pay in a conclusion to an equality dispute with Bury Council.
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Most new apprentices are over 25
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 9:16:42 AM CST
More than two-thirds of the apprenticeships created in England in the past five years have gone to the over 25s, a report from spending watchdog shows.
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Governors 'blamed over schools'
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 1:09:56 AM CST
As two councils apply to dismiss their school governors, the Liberal Democrats warn they may be blamed for falling standards.
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Special education change defended
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 7:14:19 AM CST
Northern Ireland's Department of Education is planning to scrap the statements which guarantee extra help to pupils with special education needs.
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Gove: Academy opponents 'Trots'
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:41:18 AM CST
Education Secretary Michael Gove, facing questions from MPs and Twitter, says academy opponents are "Trots", promises a new measure for schools and chooses his favourite Bond villain.
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'Biggest classroom in the world'
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 5:37:47 AM CST
Looking at the biggest classroom in the world
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New York schools enter the iZone
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 5:34:58 PM CST
New York's pioneering plan to re-invent the school
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How China is winning the school race
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 5:05:05 PM CST
How China has overtaken everyone in the school race
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Digital textbooks open a new chapter
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 5:00:38 PM CST
Switch on your textbooks - they're going digital
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Fairness challenge from first global education 'laureate'
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 6:03:16 PM CST
First global education laureate's fairness challenge
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Knowledge economy: Global best school buildings
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 5:30:10 PM CST
What difference can building design make to the quality of education?
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Disabled children excluded from education
Friday, November 18, 2011 12:27:07 PM CST
One in three of the children around the world who do not have access to primary education have a disability, suggests research from the Sightsavers charity.
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Battle of the knowledge superpowers
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 5:04:50 AM CST
Knowledge is power - economic power - and there's a scramble for that power taking place around the globe.
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'IPhoneography' course launched
Friday, February 3, 2012 6:39:40 AM CST
A college plans a new course devoted entirely to taking photographs on the iPhone
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Botanic Garden's stuck books plea
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:13:06 AM CST
The Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh is appealing to the government of Pakistan to get 4,000 botany books destined for Afghanistan released after a year's hold-up.
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Vocational exams cut from tables
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 6:38:40 AM CST
Ministers cut the GCSE-equivalent value of 3,100 vocational qualifications, such as hair services and horse care, ending their recognition in school league tables.
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Literacy of young 'must improve'
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:46:39 AM CST
Wales' schools inspection service raises concerns about literacy levels and says exam results are not improving as quickly as other parts of the UK.
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University applications down 9%
Monday, January 30, 2012 11:54:23 AM CST
University applications have fallen more sharply in England than in Scotland, as admissions service figures reveal the impact of higher tuition fees.
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Teaching union backs pension deal
Monday, January 30, 2012 5:26:50 AM CST
The ATL teachers' union backs the government's revised deal on pensions in a ballot.
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Tuition fees commission set up
Friday, January 27, 2012 7:11:41 AM CST
An independent commission has been set up to examine the impact of increased tuition fees in England.
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Lagging pupils 'don't catch up'
Thursday, January 26, 2012 3:30:30 AM CST
Just one in 15 pupils in England starting secondary school "behind" for their age, gets five good GCSEs, official data shows.
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Child protection scrutiny boosted
Monday, January 30, 2012 6:08:29 PM CST
From May all inspections of child protection services will be unannounced and last two weeks.
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Babies' brains 'show autism risk'
Thursday, January 26, 2012 6:01:45 PM CST
It may be possible to detect autism at a much earlier age than previously thought, say researchers.
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Lammy: Axe current smacking law
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 9:15:56 AM CST
David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, tells website Mumsnet parents should be allowed to smack their children without the fear of facing jail.
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Foster system 'hampered by fear'
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 4:15:33 AM CST
A culture of fear has led to some councils protecting themselves more than the children in their care, according to the government's child protection adviser.
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Lords reject child support plans
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 4:42:45 PM CST
The coalition suffers its biggest defeat in the Lords since being elected over plans to charge single parents to use the Child Support Agency.
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Rising prices 'pressure elderly'
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:57:39 AM CST
Elderly people are finding it harder to make ends meet as prices rise, says a report from Age UK.
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VIDEO: Single-sex schools better for girls?
Monday, February 6, 2012 8:33:21 AM CST
Parents seem to want boys in co-educational schools but reckon girls do better in single-sex establishments.
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VIDEO: Twigg on Labour's mistakes in office
Sunday, February 5, 2012 5:55:27 AM CST
Shadow Education Secretary Stephen Twigg says Labour made a mistake in not putting enough emphasis on the 50% of young people who do not plan to go to university.
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VIDEO: What books should our MPs be reading?
Monday, February 6, 2012 8:50:13 AM CST
The 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth has prompted Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to get his cabinet colleagues in the mood to celebrate one of Britain's greatest writers.
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AUDIO: Why are Wales's schools falling behind?
Friday, February 3, 2012 3:28:52 AM CST
Welsh schools do not appear to be achieving results as good as those in England - on several measures the gap is widening.
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Mums launch student swap scheme
Friday, February 3, 2012 7:17:33 PM CST
The parents looking to exchange their student child for yours
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Wales facing literacy challenge
Friday, February 3, 2012 11:02:18 AM CST
The BBC's Nicola Smith looks at how literacy levels can be raised
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Boys' ballet free school planned
Friday, January 27, 2012 11:42:37 AM CST
Free school plans for budding Billy Elliots
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The 'toughest job' in the country
Thursday, January 26, 2012 7:37:41 AM CST
Turning round England's worst performing school
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Without Wikipedia, where can you get your facts?
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 8:49:17 AM CST
Where can you get facts during a Wiki-blackout?
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How are poor teachers dealt with?
Friday, January 13, 2012 9:44:45 AM CST
How heads deal with struggling teachers
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ICT teachers welcome new lessons
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:27:37 AM CST
ICT teachers look forward to curriculum shake-up