BBC Education
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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.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:30:44 GMT
Teachers say an increasing number of pupils are wetting themselves at school, because they are not toilet trained.
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:43:11 GMT
The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:37:36 GMT
A top girls' school is planning a "failure week" to teach pupils to embrace risk, build resilience and learn from their mistakes.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:52:26 GMT
The incoming fair access watchdog says universities will be fined for failing to recruit more students from poorer backgrounds.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:25:57 GMT
The results of England's academy schools are being inflated by the over-use of vocational equivalents, analysis suggests.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:17:08 GMT
Children are to get legal rights to maintain relationships with both their parents, as part of a shake-up of the family justice system.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:07:09 GMT
Schools should be allowed to delay a new exam system if they are not ready to implement it, Scotland's largest teaching union says.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:05:24 GMT
The head of the Student Loans Company will have tax and National Insurance payments deducted from his £182,000 pay package in future, ministers say.
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:54:45 GMT
Further education colleges are going to offer thousands more degree places, previously provided by universities.
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:45:07 GMT
Pupils who shout out in class achieve better results than their counterparts who appear to be better behaved and quiet, suggests research.
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:19:36 GMT
The presence of killer fibre asbestos in most UK state schools constitutes a "national scandal", says an all-party group of parliamentarians.
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:06:17 GMT
Nearly 1,000 female workers, including dinner ladies, cleaners and carers, are to receive five years' back pay in a conclusion to an equality dispute with Bury Council.
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:16:54 GMT
More than two-thirds of the apprenticeships created in England in the past five years have gone to the over 25s, a report from spending watchdog shows.
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:16:42 GMT
As two councils apply to dismiss their school governors, the Liberal Democrats warn they may be blamed for falling standards.
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:09:56 GMT
Northern Ireland's Department of Education is planning to scrap the statements which guarantee extra help to pupils with special education needs.
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:14:19 GMT
Education Secretary Michael Gove, facing questions from MPs and Twitter, says academy opponents are "Trots", promises a new measure for schools and chooses his favourite Bond villain.
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:41:18 GMT
Looking at the biggest classroom in the world
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:37:47 GMT
New York's pioneering plan to re-invent the school
Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:34:58 GMT
How China has overtaken everyone in the school race
Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:05:05 GMT
Switch on your textbooks - they're going digital
Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:00:38 GMT
First global education laureate's fairness challenge
Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:03:16 GMT
What difference can building design make to the quality of education?
Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:30:10 GMT
One in three of the children around the world who do not have access to primary education have a disability, suggests research from the Sightsavers charity.
Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:27:07 GMT
Knowledge is power - economic power - and there's a scramble for that power taking place around the globe.
Wed, 28 Sep 2011 11:04:50 GMT
A college plans a new course devoted entirely to taking photographs on the iPhone
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:39:40 GMT
The Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh is appealing to the government of Pakistan to get 4,000 botany books destined for Afghanistan released after a year's hold-up.
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:13:06 GMT
Ministers cut the GCSE-equivalent value of 3,100 vocational qualifications, such as hair services and horse care, ending their recognition in school league tables.
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:38:40 GMT
Wales' schools inspection service raises concerns about literacy levels and says exam results are not improving as quickly as other parts of the UK.
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:46:39 GMT
University applications have fallen more sharply in England than in Scotland, as admissions service figures reveal the impact of higher tuition fees.
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:54:23 GMT
The ATL teachers' union backs the government's revised deal on pensions in a ballot.
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:26:50 GMT
An independent commission has been set up to examine the impact of increased tuition fees in England.
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:11:41 GMT
Just one in 15 pupils in England starting secondary school "behind" for their age, gets five good GCSEs, official data shows.
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:30:30 GMT
From May all inspections of child protection services will be unannounced and last two weeks.
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:08:29 GMT
It may be possible to detect autism at a much earlier age than previously thought, say researchers.
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:01:45 GMT
David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, tells website Mumsnet parents should be allowed to smack their children without the fear of facing jail.
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:15:56 GMT
A culture of fear has led to some councils protecting themselves more than the children in their care, according to the government's child protection adviser.
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:15:33 GMT
The coalition suffers its biggest defeat in the Lords since being elected over plans to charge single parents to use the Child Support Agency.
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:42:45 GMT
Elderly people are finding it harder to make ends meet as prices rise, says a report from Age UK.
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:57:39 GMT
Parents seem to want boys in co-educational schools but reckon girls do better in single-sex establishments.
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:33:21 GMT
Shadow Education Secretary Stephen Twigg says Labour made a mistake in not putting enough emphasis on the 50% of young people who do not plan to go to university.
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:55:27 GMT
The 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth has prompted Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt to get his cabinet colleagues in the mood to celebrate one of Britain's greatest writers.
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:50:13 GMT
Welsh schools do not appear to be achieving results as good as those in England - on several measures the gap is widening.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:28:52 GMT
The parents looking to exchange their student child for yours
Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:17:33 GMT
The BBC's Nicola Smith looks at how literacy levels can be raised
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:02:18 GMT
Free school plans for budding Billy Elliots
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:42:37 GMT
Turning round England's worst performing school
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:37:41 GMT
Where can you get facts during a Wiki-blackout?
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:49:17 GMT
How heads deal with struggling teachers
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:44:45 GMT
ICT teachers look forward to curriculum shake-up
Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:27:37 GMT
