education
Swedish-style free schools may increase social divide - study
Guardian, 21 July 2010
Ed Balls fears plan will create 'form of social apartheid' and undermine local authorities.
Oldham schools to tackle segregation
The Times, 17 April 2010
The former mill town is forming integrated academies to tackle the ‘shocking’ problem of division between its communities.
New government to face Sats boycott after teacher vote
The Times, 17 April 2010
Head teachers face legal action after voting to boycott national tests for a quarter of a million 11-year-olds, the Government warned last night.
Pupil input in school management abused, say NASUWT
The Times, 3 April 2010
A teacher failed to get a job after a pupil labelled him a "Humpty Dumpty" in his interview, according to a report criticising the amount of influence given to students in running schools.
Pupils ‘left traumatised’ by fake school shooting
The Times, 25 March 2010
Young pupils were left crying with fear and suffering panic attacks after role-play event where teacher was 'shot dead'.
Family holidays push truancy to record level
The Times, 25 March 2010
Six million school days also lost as parents took children out of class for holidays during term time to cut costs.
Children of poor already a year behind by five
The Times (London), 15 February 2010
Report highlights the importance of activities such as bedtime stories and taking children to museums and libraries.
‘Worthless qualifications deceive children’
The Times (London), 23 January 2010
Barnaby Lenon said that grade inflation and a shift to vocational skills was masking a failure to teach to a good standard.
Badman review blasted by MPs’ inquiry
Children & Young People Now, 15 December 2009
By Lauren Higgs.
We all hate Ofsted, right?
Guardian Comment is Free, 23 November 2009
The regulator is a convenient hook for our anger, but really it's responding to our failure to take responsibility for children. By Michele Ledda.
Fight for a good school is making criminals of parents
Sunday Times, 8 November 2009
By India Knight.
Council used terror powers on school place mother
The Times (London), 6 November 2009
Jenny Paton has taken Poole Borough Council to court for spying on her family for three weeks over school application.
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