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Parents in jail after their four children miss 299 days of school
A set of parents are in jail after their children collectively missed 299 days of school. Laurel Benson, 51, and the father of her four children, Sydney, 42, will spend… Read more
Education ministry asked to reverse decision to cut funding for adult courses
The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is asking the government to reverse a recent decision to cut the number of high-school courses that are offered to adults free of charge. The union… Read more
When school is the fork in the road
DANIEL Haile-Michael is studying to be an engineer but can’t complete his course unless he gets help. An articulate Ethiopian Australian in his third year at Victoria University, he needs… Read more
The old boys get the cane at our prep school reunion
How we chattered happily away about the whackings, the liver every Tuesday and the school’s obsession with our bowels. I used to be scornful of people who went to reunions…. Read more
How to choose the perfect prep school for your child
Ex-head Tommy Cookson advises on choosing the right prep school. A school photograph of over 300 children and 40 staff must, 50 years ago, have belonged to a secondary school…. Read more
Thousands to be struck off special needs list
Hundreds of thousands of children face being taken off the special needs register because they have been wrongly labelled as requiring extra help, the Government will announce today. Under the… Read more
Schools ‘will compete’ for £10,000 pupil premium award
Schools which find the most effective ways to help children from poor backgrounds could win £10,000, Deputy Prime Nick Clegg has announced. The awards will be made to 50 schools… Read more
Special needs budgets to be controlled by parents
Parents are to be given more financial control over support for children with special educational needs, in a major shake-up of the system in England. The government says it wants… Read more
Number of GCSEs sat by students should be capped to improve education, examining board chief claims
The number of GCSE exams which schoolchildren can sit should be capped to avoid exam overload, the UK’s biggest examination board has claimed. Currently teenagers can take as many tests… Read more
‘Leave us alone, we’re trying to revise’: Pupils call on school bosses to stop sending exam tips through Facebook and texts because they are distracting them from studies
Principal said texts had been received ‘positively’ Pupils are being distracted from exam studying due to their college sending them ‘top revision tips’ by text, Twitter, and Facebook, it was… Read more
