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School fees won't buy a good degree.
Britain's most expensive private schools produce pupils who achieve the worst results at university, according to an eight-year study of graduates
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Teachers criticize voucher ruling.
The way Kay Johnson sees it, if US public school parents want to send their children to private schools, that's fine. She adds one detail. "They should pay for it"
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Trouble for School Inc..
Edison gets scolded for dubious math and weak grades. Can it improve?
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Eton to lead top schools' revolt over league tables.
Leading independent schools, including Eton, are planning a mass boycott of this year’s A-level and GCSE league tables because of fears about the accuracy of the marking
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Schools demand 'biblical right to smack children'.
Private Christian schools in the UK must be allowed to smack pupils with parents' consent, the Court of Appeal has heard. Forty schools, spearheaded by the Christian Fellowship School in Liverpool, want a change in the law to allow them to use corporal punishment. Their attempt to challenge legislation banning smacking in schools by claiming it did not apply to independents was rejected by the High Court last year
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UK boarding school numbers on the rise.
Half a million children are being educated privately and boarding school numbers are up for only the second time in 20 years. The annual Independent Schools Council census shows the number of children sent away to study has risen by 1%. It is the first rise since 1987 when they were up by 0.2%, while overall pupil numbers are up 1.7%, or 8,463, to 500,966
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Former UK chief schools inspector Chris Woodhead announces plan to start his own chain of schools.
After railing for years against falling school standards, Mr Woodhead is looking for up £70 million ($100m) to turn his plans for a "branded chain of schools" into a reality, reports The Telegraph
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Boarding school 'improves pupils' relationships with parents'.
Researchers are claiming boarding school helps improve pupils' relationships with their parents. Almost half the boarders questioned said their stint away had made things better at home. One in five missed their family and said they would rule out sending their own children to boarding school
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Private health care helps UK private schools recruit.
Perks such as private healthcare and reduced school fees have found to be among the ways private schools attract and retain teachers. A survey found that even then, 52% said recruitment had got more difficult over the last two years
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