education
Men urged to teach in primaries
BBC News Online, 13 July 2009
A drive has been launched to attract more men into becoming primary school teachers in England.
Children abandon languages under new GCSE rules
The Times (London), 6 July 2009
The withdrawal of the requirement for all GCSE candidates to take a foreign language in 2003 has damaged take-up, study finds.
Dinner lady faces sack for telling parents about attack on daughter
The Times (London), 6 July 2009
A dinner lady is facing the sack for breaching “pupil confidentiality” after she blew the whistle on school bullies.
School places code may be toughened
The Times (London), 4 July 2009
Urgent investigation into rules aimed at preventing lying parents from flouting admissions system after court case is abandoned.
Jewish school broke race laws by refusing boy
The Times (London), 26 June 2009
JFS, in Kingsbury, North London, said pupil was not Jewish because his mother had converted at a progressive synagogue.
Ofsted report reveals data on very young children excluded from school
The Times (London), 24 June 2009
Very young children are being excluded from primary school because of their aggressive and sexual behaviour, an Ofsted report says.
Worst schools to be forced into mergers
The Times (London), 23 June 2009
Top performing state schools will form academies to raise standards and cut costs at weaker schools, Ed Balls says.
Think-tank criticises ‘sat-nav’-style A levels
The Times (London), 17 June 2009
Research suggests that students are guided unthinkingly through A levels and quickly forget what they have learnt.
University clearing places cut by two thirds
The Times (London), 16 June 2009
Two thirds of A-level students who would normally get into university through clearing will miss out on a place this year.
Home educators made to register
BBC News, 11 June 2009
Home educating families in England are going to have to register annually, as the government has accepted the recommendations of a review.
Sorry, but books are there in my DNA
The Times (London), 10 June 2009
Kindle e-books may be terrific but the printed word will never die. By Magnus Linklater.
Internet ‘death knell’ for school textbooks
The Times (London), 10 June 2009
Arnold Schwarzenegger is throwing textbooks out of schools in a move that head teachers say could be followed in Britain.
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