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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:17:43 GMT 50 http://www.edplace.co.uk/img/logo.gif http://www.edplace.co.uk http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6953 Parents with buggies who take up wheelchair spaces on buses face a crackdown in a government campaign. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6953 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:17:43 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6952 A BBC Newsnight poll suggests that the Tories are failing to win over voters unsatisfied with Labour's record on education. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6952 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:02:10 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6935 More schools in England are being judged as inadequate in Ofsted's new-style inspections, according to figures just released. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6935 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:35:40 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6951 Lottery admissions can be destabilising for children and bad for their welfare, the Schools Secretary, Ed Balls, says. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6951 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:56:09 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6948 More schools in England are being judged as inadequate in Ofsted's new-style inspections, figures are expected to show. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6948 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:25:57 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6949 Rules to improve child protection after the Baby P case may leave children more vulnerable to harm, council leaders warn. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6949 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:16:16 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6950 Universities are to be given £10m of National Lottery money to encourage more students to get involved in sport. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6950 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:56:10 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6944 Targets for getting young people into higher education should be scrapped and top-up fees raised, say graduate recruiters. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6944 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:57:44 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6946 TV documentaries like the Seven Ages of Britain fill in the gaps left by a "less impressive" school curriculum, says David Dimbleby. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6946 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:11:50 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6947 Ex-footballer tells how he has overcome cancer http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6947 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:59:27 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6945 A Tory-backed report urges incentives for schools and tax breaks for researchers to raise the profile of science. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6945 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:47:05 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6943 High-quality childcare helps identify the needs of the most vulnerable children early on, an Ofsted study finds. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6943 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:50:17 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6940 School leaders say record numbers of head teachers are losing their jobs because of poor exam results. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6940 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:14:36 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6942 Head teachers warn that Tory plans for free schools could lead to a system of 20,000 'corner shop' schools. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6942 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:01:03 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6941 Internships for graduates 'may breach wage laws' http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6941 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:00:18 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6939 Tuition fees for higher education will not be introduced by the present Scottish government, the education secretary says. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6939 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:07:50 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6938 Thousands of teachers and lecturers from across Scotland march in Glasgow against cuts to education budgets. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6938 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:50:42 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6937 Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg is to ask head teachers to "raise their game" in return for a £2.5bn education funding package. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6937 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:01:11 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6936 Schools Secretary Ed Balls has told head teachers in England they need to plan savings now - or face staff cuts later. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6936 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:27:08 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6933 England's new secondary school qualification is not stretching the brightest pupils, the exams watchdog says. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6933 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:56:28 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6934 Singer tells young to be wise with their cash http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6934 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:58:51 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6932 The number of men applying for teacher training has risen sharply because of the recession, training officials say. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6932 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:16:47 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6931 Tighter school budgets will lead to bigger class sizes and fewer exam choices, head teachers are warning. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6931 Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:09:37 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6930 Nearly one in five children in England leave primary school without making the progress expected of them in English or maths, data shows. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6930 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:50:08 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6929 Pay below minimum wage driving foster families to give up http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6929 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:54:04 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6927 With politicians arguing about creating more choice in schools - figures show there are 793,000 empty places in England. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6927 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:30:17 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6928 The cap on university tuition fees in England should be scrapped, the Adam Smith Institute think tank says. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6928 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:29:43 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6926 New universities are warning of a "two-tier system" if funding for postgraduate students is restricted to a number of elite institutions. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6926 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:40:26 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6925 What's it like to be at the centre of a spending cut? http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6925 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:24:30 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6924 Academics from a lecturers' union call for tuition fees to be abolished and replaced with a new business education tax. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6924 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:07:54 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6923 Plans to make trainee teachers pass empathy tests before they can become qualified are being tested by the government. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6923 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:06:35 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6922 Grandparents in low-income families risk financial hardship by giving up work to help look after grandchildren, a report says. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6922 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:22:01 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6921 The Conservatives want politicians to lose control of A-levels - and they promise another curriculum overhaul. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6921 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:19:46 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6918 Parents in London are finding out if their child got the secondary school place of their choice after a website went down. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6918 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:17:58 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6919 Targeting extra funds at poor pupils will produce only modest reductions in the gap between rich and poor, a report says. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6919 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:47:16 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6920 The two grammar schools groups which ran independent entrance exams agree to look at introducing a single test. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6920 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:53:14 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6917 About a third of pupils in some of England's biggest cities miss out on a place at their first choice secondary school. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6917 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:02:12 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6916 10 things parents shouldn't say about school places http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6916 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:49:24 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6915 Boys choose to read less challenging books than girls and this gets more pronounced as they get older, a survey of children's reading habits suggests. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6915 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:23:17 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6913 A Tory government would rush through a new law to allow more schools in England to become academies, Michael Gove says. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6913 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:00:42 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6911 Parents are finding out whether their children have been given their first preference secondary school places for the autumn. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6911 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:56:59 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6914 Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg pledges to tie extra cash to poor pupils in a shake-up of school funding. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6914 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:06:25 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6912 A Scottish teaching union is likely to call for a delay in the implementation of the new Curriculum for Excellence. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6912 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:39:53 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6910 Excluding badly behaved pupils from school should be abolished because it punishes vulnerable children, a report by a think tank says. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6910 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:28:58 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6909 Careers advice in schools in England is "patchy and inconsistent", according to the Institute of Career Guidance. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6909 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:50:20 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6908 A vote on whether to boycott this year's Sats tests will be held on 15 March, two teaching unions announce. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6908 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:01:47 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6907 The government is predicted to miss its target on reducing the number of teenagers out of education, employment or training. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6907 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:07:23 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6906 A report suggests local councils in England are failing to report poor teachers to their disciplinary body. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6906 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:41:03 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6905 Children are being over-exposed to sexual imagery and tighter media controls are needed, a report for the Home Office says. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6905 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:10:15 GMT http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6902 The majority of local authorities in England are failing deaf children and their families, research suggests. http://www.edplace.co.uk/educational_news_digest?id=6902 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:12:56 GMT