Comment Education is meant to be the great engine of universal opportunity.  Not in the UK. One striking point about the OECD's repeated surveys of literacy and numeracy skills among 15-year-olds - is the scale of educational inequality. This government has been pa » Read More

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Comment Dr DeAnne Julius, a former member of the Monetary Policy Committee and respected economist, reported  this month on a review of the  'public service industry' following complaints from business that government rhetoric on opening up the market in publi » Read More

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Charles Leadbeater is one of New Labours great thinkers.  A former adviser to Tony Blair it was he who first pushed the concept of personalised learning and tried to make some sense of that it meant in practice, though some of his New Labour confederates appear not quite to » Read More

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Comment Every Year there has been a debate about dropping exam standards and every year the QCA formed up to refute the charges unequivocally. Trouble was that the QCA had a conflict of interests and hence the recent changes and division of responsibilities.  Th » Read More

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  Monday 21 July 2008 00:01 Training and Development Agency for Schools  (National) The quality of trainee teachers entering England's schools continues to rise according to new statistics published today. Once qualified, these highly trained new teachers are being » Read More

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  Venue: London Marriott Grosvenor Square   Delivering Sustainable Success Through BSF  Partnerships for Schools will be hosting its 2008 Annual Conference in November to provide schools, local authorities and private sector partners and bidders with an opportunity to be » Read More

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