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Holiday key to school standards?
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:00:57 -0000
Mike Baker wonders if having school holidays earlier might make pupils do better.
Teachers to hold ballot on strike
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:38:39 -0000
Another teachers' strike is threatened - with the National Union of Teachers announcing a ballot for industrial action.
Team sports blamed for health gap
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:37:37 -0000
Too much team sport in schools is stopping pupils from learning about individual physical exercise, say researchers.
More state pupils enter Cambridge
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:00:58 -0000
The proportion of new Cambridge University students from state schools jumped 7% last year to the highest level since 1981.
Threatened schools decision delay
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:29:16 -0000
A process of shutting seven junior secondary schools is to be discussed by councillors on Scotland's Western Isles.
Heads say teens' tests not needed
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:41:44 -0000
Head teachers want the national curriculum tests 14-year-olds in England have to sit to be scrapped.
