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Education 'risk factors' listed
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A study suggests a quarter of today's UK children are living in families with two or more risk factors to their educational development. |
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EMA replacement 'failing young'
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A report suggests poor young students are dropping out of college because the government's bursary scheme is "inadequate". |
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Contest to boost reading for fun
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The government is planning to create a national reading competition in England to encourage a love of books and boost children's literacy. |
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Dickens 'beyond' modern children
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Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works. |
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'More pupils not toilet trained'
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Teachers say an increasing number of pupils are wetting themselves at school, because they are not toilet trained. |
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Work contacts 'cut dropout rate'
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The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests. |
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Pupils learn how to 'fail well'
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A top girls' school is planning a "failure week" to teach pupils to embrace risk, build resilience and learn from their mistakes. |
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Universities warned over access
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The incoming fair access watchdog says universities will be fined for failing to recruit more students from poorer backgrounds. |
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Academy school results 'inflated'
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The results of England's academy schools are being inflated by the over-use of vocational equivalents, analysis suggests. |
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Children's access rights pledge
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Children are to get legal rights to maintain relationships with both their parents, as part of a shake-up of the family justice system. |
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Union plea to delay exams change
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Schools should be allowed to delay a new exam system if they are not ready to implement it, Scotland's largest teaching union says. |
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Loans boss 'to pay tax at source'
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The head of the Student Loans Company will have tax and National Insurance payments deducted from his 瞿182,000 pay package in future, ministers say. |
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University places go to colleges
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Further education colleges are going to offer thousands more degree places, previously provided by universities. |
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Shouting out 'helps pupils learn'
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Pupils who shout out in class achieve better results than their counterparts who appear to be better behaved and quiet, suggests research. |
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Asbestos in schools a 'scandal'
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The presence of killer fibre asbestos in most UK state schools constitutes a "national scandal", says an all-party group of parliamentarians. |
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