Education and schools work update

Headlines from the world of education and schools work: Only 6 per cent learn facts of life from their parents: Most young people learn about sex from television, the internet or their friends, a survey has found. Teachers caught calling pupils ‘inbred’ and ‘thick’ on Facebook: Teachers have angered parents after posting on Facebook that [...]

Education and schools work update

Headlines from the world of education and schools work: New university gathers top academics to teach £18,000-a-year degrees: New College of the Humanities promises more direct teaching by likes of AC Grayling and Richard Dawkins.  A new private university in London staffed by some of the world’s most famous academics is to offer degrees in [...]

Education and schools work update

Headlines from the world of education and schools work: Schools win right to turn away middle class children: Radical reforms could see middle-class children miss out on most popular schools due to their family’s higher income. 14,000 British professors – but only 50 are black: Leading black academics are calling for an urgent culture change [...]

Education and schools work update

Headlines from the world of education and schools work: British Crime Survey finds one in five children frightened by bullies: Nine out of 10 report bullying taking place at school in the past year, with boys aged 10 to 12 the most likely victims. Education spending in UK reaches £87bn: Public spending on education and [...]

Education and schools work update

Headlines from the world of education and schools work: Church of England to reduce school places for Christians: The Church of England is planning to put a strict limit on the number of places reserved for pupils from Christian families as part of the biggest shake-up of faith schools’ admissions policies for decades. School chaos [...]

Education and schools work update

Headlines from the world of education and schools work: Michael Gove condemns charities’ ‘don’t touch’ warning to teachers: The education secretary said telling teachers to avoid physical contact with students was ‘playing to a culture of fear’ GCSE league tables: thousands of pupils failing in key subjects: Up to 500,000 teenagers are leaving school without [...]

Education and schools work update

Headlines from the world of education and schools work: Education review of the year 2010: review of the year by the Telegraph. Children in poverty ‘as happy as more affluent classmates’: Research shows kids are most likely to say they feel happy if they can talk to their parents about their worries. Children living in [...]

Education and schools work update

Headlines from the world of education and schools work: Half of pupils on free school meals can’t read: Nearly half the 11-year-olds on free school meals cannot read or add up properly by the time they leave primary school. Religious education ‘could be marginalised in schools’: Religious education risks being marginalised in schools after the [...]

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