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Reading skills of English teens ‘worse than the Chinese’
The reading standards of English teenagers have been condemned following a respected survey that found they lag a year-and-a-half behind their Chinese peers. Ministers will warn today of… Read more
Families are facing the biggest fall in income since 1970s
Middle-income families are suffering an ‘unprecedented collapse’ in living standards as inflation and poor wages wipe thousands off incomes. On the eve of… Read more
Education reforms risk ‘mass failure’, says exams chief
The head of one of Britain’s top exam boards warned today that the Government’s education reforms risked creating “mass failure”. Mark Dawe, chief executive of OCR, said that… Read more
Business-backed university technical colleges to open next year
BlackBerry, Toshiba, Boeing and Rolls Royce among sponsors of new vocational comprehensive schools system A new wave of comprehensive schools backed by firms including the developers of the… Read more
Are the public paying the price for free schools?
What is the justification for private schools to be given free-school status, thus saving the parents thousands a year in fees? When it was announced last year that… Read more
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. Only 1 per cent get lessons on the facts of life… Read more
Economic Volatility Raises Doubts over Retirement and College Savings
Half of non-retirees surveyed question whether employer plans are adequate ways to save; one-quarter reduce or stop saving for college MINNEAPOLIS – Oct. 10, 2011 –Given the recent economic and… Read more
Gilad Shalit Deal Reached With Hamas
Israeli and Hamas officials announced late Tuesday that they have reached a prisoner swap deal to free a captured Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip in exhange… Read more
Minneapolis Foreclosures Have Cost Public Schools $150 Million, Study Says
The housing crisis has cost Minneapolis Public Schools $150 million in state funding as students were forced to move from the area after their families’ homes were foreclosed,… Read more
Let’s Do Lunch
by Supervisor Eric Mar & Dana Woldow Did you skip lunch today? If so, then you may have experienced dizziness, headache, irritability, agitation, lack of concentration, even nausea… Read more
