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Tenth of brightest pupils opt out of higher education
One in 10 state school pupils will drop out of education before university despite having once been among the brightest in their class, according to new research.
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State schools consider return to 'O-levels'
Saturday, 14 June 2008
A new rival to the GCSE exam designed along the lines of the traditional O-level may soon win backing from exam watchdogs and be taken up by hundreds of state schools.
Private schools chief quits after attacks on state sector
Friday, 13 June 2008
The head of the organisation that represents independent schools has quit – after just six weeks in office.
The cost of grammars: selective councils have most failing schools
Wednesday, 11 June 2008
Local education authorities which have kept the selective system have the largest number of secondary schools failing to reach basic targets, it was revealed yesterday.
Failing schools told: improve or close
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
Hundreds of failing schools face being closed down or replaced with more privately-backed academies under a £400 million drive to raise standards of education, it was announced today.
The 638 schools below the 30% GCSE target
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
In addition to the GCSE results, the table shows each school's "contextual value added" score (CVA), a measure of the progress children have made. Above 1000 is better than average and below 1000 is worse.
Failing schools given three years to reform
Monday, 9 June 2008
Struggling secondary schools will be warned this week that they face closure if they fail to produce a convincing turnaround plan.
State schools are best for progress
Monday, 9 June 2008
State schools in Britain offer pupils a better chance of improving their test performance than those in the independent sector, according to an international study.
Maths: does it matter?
Saturday, 7 June 2008
It really shouldn't happen to a maths teacher. In a quiz on the basics of numerical and geometrical concepts, classroom trainees from across the world were asked to submit their answers to an array of straightforward questions. Is a square ever a rectangle? What is the square root of 49? How many days are there in ten weeks and two days?
Do the maths... answer 30 questions and win one of 50 Flips
Saturday, 7 June 2008
The Flip, which goes on sale in Britain next week, is a tiny video camera that needs no instruction manual. It is the ultimate point-and-shoot, YouTube-friendly, plug-in-and-upload mini-masterpiece.
Diploma plan 'risks disaster'
Friday, 6 June 2008
The Government's new diploma programme threatens to be a disaster that will leave teenagers badly prepared for university or work, a report by the University of Buckingham claims.
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