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Work contacts 'cut dropout rate'
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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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Date:
Sunday, February 05, 2012 04:37 AM
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Pupils learn how to 'fail well'
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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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Date:
Sunday, February 05, 2012 04:52 AM
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Dickens 'beyond' modern children
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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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Date:
Sunday, February 05, 2012 07:30 PM
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Universities warned over access
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The incoming fair access watchdog says universities will be fined for failing to recruit more students from poorer backgrounds.
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Date:
Friday, February 03, 2012 04:25 PM
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Academy school results 'inflated'
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The results of England's academy schools are being inflated by the over-use of vocational equivalents, analysis suggests.
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Date:
Friday, February 03, 2012 06:17 AM
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Children's access rights pledge
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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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Date:
Friday, February 03, 2012 05:07 PM
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Union plea to delay exams change
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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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Date:
Friday, February 03, 2012 06:05 PM
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Loans boss 'to pay tax at source'
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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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Date:
Friday, February 03, 2012 03:54 AM
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University places go to colleges
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Further education colleges are going to offer thousands more degree places, previously provided by universities.
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Date:
Thursday, February 02, 2012 03:45 PM
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Shouting out 'helps pupils learn'
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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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Date:
Thursday, February 02, 2012 05:19 AM
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Asbestos in schools a 'scandal'
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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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Date:
Thursday, February 02, 2012 09:06 AM
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Dinner ladies win equal pay row
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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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Date:
Thursday, February 02, 2012 01:16 AM
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Most new apprentices are over 25
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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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Date:
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 07:16 PM
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Governors 'blamed over schools'
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As two councils apply to dismiss their school governors, the Liberal Democrats warn they may be blamed for falling standards.
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Date:
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 11:09 AM
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Special education change defended
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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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Date:
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 05:14 PM
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Gove: Academy opponents 'Trots'
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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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Date:
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 07:41 PM
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Vocational exams cut from tables
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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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Date:
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 04:38 PM
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Literacy of young 'must improve'
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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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Date:
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:46 PM
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University applications down 9%
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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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Date:
Monday, January 30, 2012 09:54 PM
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'Biggest classroom in the world'
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Looking at the biggest classroom in the world
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Date:
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 03:37 PM
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New York schools enter the iZone
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New York's pioneering plan to re-invent the school
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Date:
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 03:34 AM
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How China is winning the school race
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How China has overtaken everyone in the school race
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Date:
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 03:05 AM
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Digital textbooks open a new chapter
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Switch on your textbooks - they're going digital
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Date:
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 03:00 AM
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Fairness challenge from first global education 'laureate'
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First global education laureate's fairness challenge
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Date:
Wednesday, November 09, 2011 04:03 AM
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Knowledge economy: Global best school buildings
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What difference can building design make to the quality of education?
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Date:
Wednesday, October 05, 2011 03:30 AM
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Disabled children excluded from education
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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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Date:
Friday, November 18, 2011 10:27 PM
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Battle of the knowledge superpowers
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Knowledge is power - economic power - and there's a scramble for that power taking place around the globe.
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Date:
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 03:04 PM
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'IPhoneography' course launched
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A college plans a new course devoted entirely to taking photographs on the iPhone
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Date:
Friday, February 03, 2012 04:39 PM
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Botanic Garden's stuck books plea
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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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Date:
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:13 PM
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Teaching union backs pension deal
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The ATL teachers' union backs the government's revised deal on pensions in a ballot.
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Date:
Monday, January 30, 2012 03:26 PM
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Tuition fees commission set up
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An independent commission has been set up to examine the impact of increased tuition fees in England.
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Date:
Friday, January 27, 2012 05:11 PM
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Lagging pupils 'don't catch up'
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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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Date:
Thursday, January 26, 2012 01:30 PM
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Two grammars top league tables
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Two grammar schools are at the top of this year's secondary school league tables.
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Date:
Thursday, January 26, 2012 07:28 PM
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Failure in sex abuse teacher case
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A teacher was able to film himself abusing young girls because of a "lamentable failure" by school management, a review finds.
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Date:
Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:45 PM
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Jubilee cooking contest 'illegal'
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The anti-monarchy group Republic warns schools they may break the law if they take part in a cooking competition to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
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Date:
Thursday, January 26, 2012 08:34 PM
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Child protection scrutiny boosted
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From May all inspections of child protection services will be unannounced and last two weeks.
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Date:
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 04:08 AM
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Babies' brains 'show autism risk'
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It may be possible to detect autism at a much earlier age than previously thought, say researchers.
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Date:
Friday, January 27, 2012 04:01 AM
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Lammy: Axe current smacking law
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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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Date:
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 07:15 PM
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Foster system 'hampered by fear'
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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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Date:
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 02:15 PM
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Lords reject child support plans
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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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Date:
Thursday, January 26, 2012 02:42 AM
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Rising prices 'pressure elderly'
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Elderly people are finding it harder to make ends meet as prices rise, says a report from Age UK.
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Date:
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 01:57 PM
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VIDEO: Twigg on Labour's mistakes in office
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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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Date:
Sunday, February 05, 2012 03:55 PM
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AUDIO: Why are Wales's schools falling behind?
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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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Date:
Friday, February 03, 2012 01:28 PM
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AUDIO: 'Bonfire' of vocational qualifications
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The Today programme's Sanchia Berg reports from a further education college in Stockport as the government announces it's to reduce the number of vocational subjects from GCSEs.
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Date:
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 11:33 AM
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VIDEO: How to find extra primary school places
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A rise in the number of pupils and a shortage of primary school places has led some councils to consider turning empty shops and playing fields into classrooms.
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Date:
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 08:46 PM
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Mums launch student swap scheme
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The parents looking to exchange their student child for yours
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Date:
Saturday, February 04, 2012 05:17 AM
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Wales facing literacy challenge
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The BBC's Nicola Smith looks at how literacy levels can be raised
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Date:
Friday, February 03, 2012 09:02 PM
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Boys' ballet free school planned
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Free school plans for budding Billy Elliots
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Date:
Friday, January 27, 2012 09:42 PM
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The 'toughest job' in the country
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Turning round England's worst performing school
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Date:
Thursday, January 26, 2012 05:37 PM
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Without Wikipedia, where can you get your facts?
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Where can you get facts during a Wiki-blackout?
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Date:
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 06:49 PM
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How are poor teachers dealt with?
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How heads deal with struggling teachers
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Date:
Friday, January 13, 2012 07:44 PM
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ICT teachers welcome new lessons
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ICT teachers look forward to curriculum shake-up
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Date:
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 07:27 PM
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