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UK Baccalaureate will replace A levels and GCSEs by 2010.
An announcement by Charles Clarke, the Education Secretary, and David Miliband, the School Standards Minister effectively pensions off A levels and GCSEs at the end of this decade
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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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Stars back UK school music campaign.
Julian Lloyd Webber and Sir James Galway call for music to be a central part of the national curriculum
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Science for 11-year-olds: trigger a bomb.
A UK government briefing document, which tells science teachers how to engage pupils' interest, includes the suggestion that they "use ball-bearings to make tilt switches for bombs"
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Schoolgirl invents Wallace and Gromit style bed.
A German schoolgirl has invented a Wallace and Gromit-style bed that makes people get up in the morning. Teenager Iris Koser calls her invention "The Merciless Bed"
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US Study: PDAs good for education.
A new report from SRI finds that handhelds can be effective tools in the classroom. Over 90 percent of teachers who used them with their classes say that handhelds can have a positive impact on learning
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Schools report using computers less.
Questions are asked after a big fall in the extent to which schools in England say they make "substantial" use of computers
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Untrained staff to teach in classroom shake-up.
Thousands of unqualified staff are to be recruited to take lessons in schools under government plans to reform the teaching profession
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London schools put broadband on the curriculum.
A broadband network which will supply all London's secondary and primary schools with internet access is now live. The London Grid for Learning (LGfL) is the result of 33 of London's local education authorities (LEAs) teaming up to enable kids and teachers to learn and communicate more effectively.
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UK children to get £40 a week to study A levels.
A £600 million scheme to extend educational maintenance allowances across the country will be at the heart of a three-year spending review
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Families fight for special schools.
Parents of children with learning difficulties are upset by Gloucestershire's plan to shut their schools
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Half of truants found with parents.
A month-long series of truancy patrols in England catch 12,500 children out of school, half of whom were with their mother or father
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The overlap between schools and crime.
Drugs, truancy, prison, exclusions ... that'll be education then
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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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Teachers: Stressed or stroppy?
Are teachers overworked? Or have they got a cushy deal? BBC education correspondent Mike Baker investigates
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A Satellite Baby-Sitting Service.
Soon, parents can equip their kids with bracelets that allow them to track their movements on the Internet. Not good enough? Try an implantable GPS device secreted under the skin
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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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Where next for royal education?
BBC education correspondent Mike Baker questions whether the offspring of Princes William and Harry should go to state schools
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'Let in state pupils with lower grades'.
UK state school pupils should be allowed into university with lower A-level grades than applicants from independent schools, a minister has said
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UK councils 'support six-term school year'.
A six-term school year has been backed by a poll of local education authority officials which found most supporting the idea. The "informal" survey by the Local Government Association found an "overwhelming majority" of education officers liked the idea. The plans include four six-week and two seven-week terms with a fortnight's break in October and time for more general study after summer exams
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'Creationism' in UK schools attacked.
Religious fundamentalism should not be allowed to damage science teaching, says the Liberal Democrat education spokesman
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Parents say teachers cause misbehaviour.
Parents say "unfair treatment" by teachers is a big reason why children misbehave in school
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UK colleges to offer 'Beckham A level'.
Around 200 colleges will be offering young footballers the chance to study for a BTEC Sport. Premier League clubs are behind the idea which hopes to persuade boys to take up the course. The new diploma will see youngsters analysing the psychology behind the success of teams like Manchester United, study the ethics of sport and learn about the science of nutrition and fitness
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Pupils to get cash in exam results incentive.
Pupils at a British secondary school are to be paid up to £300 each in an incentive scheme to boost exam results. St George Community College, Bristol, an LEA-funded 11-18 comprehensive in Lawrence Hill, has devised the plan to motivate children in their GCSEs
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British universities 'ignoring AS-levels'.
Head teachers warn that students will not want to take AS-levels if universities do not take them into account when offering places
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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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New justice system guide for UK schools.
Judges have launched a guide aimed at explaining the justice system to schoolchildren. The Lord Chancellor's Department aims to increase the number of educational court trips. The plan is to make pupils understand how justice works for criminals, victims and witnesses
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Special orders curbing pupils.
Schools are finding that the threat of special orders intended for aggressive adults can work in taming unruly pupils
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UK breakfast clubs 'cut truancy and boost pupils' performance'.
Breakfast clubs where pupils can get breakfast as they get started on the school day help to cut truancy and bad behaviour and boost academic performance, a survey showed today. Three quarters of schools running clubs said they had a positive effect on attendance and punctuality, while 80% said children concentrated better during morning lessons
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Action over term-time holidays.
A growing number of parents are taking their children away on holiday during the school term, education welfare officers warn
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Playground plans.
Charities have welcomed the UK government's decision to draw up guidelines on making play areas more accessible
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Education shake-up aims to boost post-16 schooling.
The UK Government has launched a concerted drive to keep all children at school beyond 16. In a shake-up of secondary education, Education Secretary Estelle Morris unveiled "overarching awards" to mark the 14 to 19 phase of schooling. The proposal is included in a Green Paper that paves the way for bright youngsters to bypass GCSEs altogether except English, maths, science and information technology
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'Murder' of the national curriculum.
BBC correspondent Mike Baker investigates the "death" of the national curriculum in schools in England
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UK watchdog praises teaching standards.
The quality of teaching in England's schools is better than ever, but teacher shortages threaten standards, says a schools watchdog
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Children's spelling worsening.
Children's spelling in England is getting worse, if the national tests for 11 year olds are anything to go by. Problem words were: Serious, surprise, nastiest, designed, regardless, attempts and individual - and especially, technique
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'Poorly paid' British teachers admit they have enough cash.
A new survey shows most teachers feel they have enough money and take at least two foreign holidays a year. The findings contrast with the popular image of teaching as a poorly-paid profession. Seven out of 10 teachers in the survey admitted they're 'comfortably off' and nine out of 10 own their own home
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UK teachers set for day a week outside classroom.
Teachers are set to stay out of the classroom for the equivalent of one day a week during term time. Education Secretary Estelle Morris signalled the move in a letter to the profession's pay body. There has long been talk of classroom assistants taking up a greater share of teachers' more mundane administrative and supervisory work
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UK vocational schools under scrutiny.
The Conservative Party's education spokesperson has visited Germany to see how vocational training is part of the school system
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Video link to keep UK kids learning in hospital.
More children in hospital will be able to stay on top of their schoolwork thanks to a £250,000 (US$375,000) investment in the internet. The project will extend internet access and video conferencing to paediatric wards across the country. Youngsters will be able to access national curriculum materials from their beds and send work to teachers
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UK school experiments with pupils' smoking area.
A school in Chester set up a smoking area for pupils to try to encourage them to stop. Pupils at Christleton High School in Chester are allowed to smoke behind the sports hall. The school says it wants to help pupils who admit to smoking during school time
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New grade for A level elite.
Downing Street are drawing up plans to introduce a higher mark for the brightest UK pupils
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UK Education Secretary unveils vision of classroom of the future.
A vision of the classroom of the future, with electronic whiteboards and laptops for pupils, has been unveiled by Education Secretary Estelle Morris. She used a keynote speech to the BETT 2002 computer exhibition at London's Olympia to set out some of her ideas on how tomorrow's schools might look. The Government has already spent £10 million on a "classroom of the future" experiment launched in 2001
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30 UK schools to pioneer teacher reforms.
Thirty schools are to be asked to pioneer the Government's plans for reforming the teaching profession. The so-called "launchpad" primaries and secondaries will share £4 million. It will fund items such as free laptop computers for all teachers who work in them and extra training for classroom assistants
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Teachers 'fast-track Harry Potter lookalikes'.
UK teachers are more likely to pick out gifted children if they have Harry Potter looks, says new research. Professor Joan Freeman claims small boys with glasses are likely to give the impression they are intelligent. She says the popularity of the Harry Potter books and film is compounding the problem
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Supermarket sweep nets four new teachers.
A UK headteacher has recruited four new teachers after setting up a stall in his local supermarket. David Wilmot spent two days collecting applications from shoppers. He followed up every lead and has now filled all but one of the vacancies
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London school plans to teach in 'up to 65 languages'.
A London school whose pupils speak 65 different languages between them is hoping to teach subjects in each child's mother tongue. Teachers at White Hart Lane School are being encouraged to learn at least one other foreign language for lessons like maths and science. Headteacher David Daniels, who is learning Somali and Albanian, says it will help foreign pupils settle into the curriculum while they learn English
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UK maths teachers halved since 1983.
The UK government is facing a huge new hurdle in its education revolution - a collapse in the number of maths teachers
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UK education chiefs back school terms shake-up.
A radical shake-up of the British school year has moved a step closer. Local education authorities have published final proposals for doubling the number of terms to six. But teaching unions remain firmly against the six term year, claiming it would mean a lot of pain for no gain
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Good behaviour pupils could get Disneyland reward.
Teenagers could be given trips to Disneyland as a reward for good behaviour at school under a new scheme. They could also pick up tickets for football and cricket matches. The £1 million ($1.5 million) scheme in Southwark, London will see 8,000 11 to 15-year-olds issued with "smartcards" which contain a microchip and record of their attendance
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British children among best educated in world.
A study has found British pupils are near the top of the world league table in maths, English and science. The UK comes in the top 10 of a 32-country league table by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. But the research also shows Britain has one of the worst records of any industrialised nation, at getting pupils from poor families to do well
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UK schools keeping bullies in class because of Government targets.
Headteachers claim pressure from the Government to reduce exclusions has led teachers to keep bullies in class. The allegation from a headteachers' association comes after the suicides of two teenagers who had complained of bullying. But it is warning that schools keeping bullies in lessons could be open to prosecution under the Human Rights Act for allowing pupils to be subjected to degrading treatment
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UK problem schools to get computers to track truants.
Comprehensive schools where truancy is a big problem, are to get hand-held computers to keep track of pupils. Six hundred secondary schools in England are to be supplied with the equipment, which will ensure persistent truants can be tracked from lesson to lesson. The system will cost £11.25 million ($17 million)
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Children paid to attend lessons.
Pupils at a once notorious school in West Yorkshire are being offered cash to attend lessons. Children at the Ridings School could earn more than £60 ($90) a year if they go to all their classes. A temporary 'superhead' was hired in 1996 to turn around the failing school in Ovenden, then described as the worst in Britain
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Lad culture' holding boys back at school.
Teenage boys who underachieve at state schools could be ignoring their work because they believe it's not masculine to study, according to research. The report found their counterparts at public schools had the opposite attitude to academic success reflecting the high expectations placed on them by their teachers and fee-paying parents. State pupils saw resisting authority as the key to popularity
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Better results at specialist schools.
Specialist schools’ GCSE results were ten percentage points better than those of other comprehensives this summer, according to an unpublished analysis
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John Lennon added to UK national curriculum.
John Lennon has been added to the national curriculum in an attempt to recognise popular culture. The topic will form part of a course exploring social and technological changes since 1930. Teachers of children between nine and 11 can discuss Lennon's life and lyrics but are being warned about danger areas like drugs, moral issues and unsuitable vocabulary in his work.
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Ofsted may use pupils' reports on teachers.
Pupils may get the chance to write reports on their teachers under plans for a shake-up of school inspections. Education watchdog Ofsted says questionnaires completed by children could in future be included in evidence gathered by its inspectors when they visit
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Pupils hear from horse whisperer.
Teachers at a school in Birmingham, UK are adopting the methods of a world-famous horse whisperer. Monty Roberts is credited with revolutionising the way horses around the world are trained but he says his methods work equally well on people
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UK Education and Skills Secretary Estelle Morris announces plan for increased private sector involvement in schools.
Under the terms of the White Papers presented yesterday, "failing" schools will be forced to accept tenders from private firms, non-profit organisations and other schools, reports The Independent. "If it was April 1st, I could understand it," says Graham Lane, chairman of the Local Government Association, quoted in The Mirror
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UK government urges teachers to take computer training.
Almost every school in England has an internet connection but thousands of teachers have yet to sign up for free computer training. Schools minister Baroness Ashton says 96% of primaries and over 99% of secondaries are hooked up to the worldwide web
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Star pupils to be offered specialist holiday courses.
Some of the UK's brainiest children are to be given the chance to study subjects they would not normally cover at state school, such as |
