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SCHOOLS COMMISSIONER QUITS TO HEAD ACADEMY SPONSOR

11/7/2008 2:06:00 PM

TES; 7 November

The senior civil servant in charge of developing academy proposals is leaving the Government to head up a major academy sponsor, leading to calls from teachers' leaders for his post to be scrapped. Sir Bruce Liddington, the first schools commissioner, has been made director general of Edutrust, a charity with the backing of influential Muslims and Christians, with ambitions to open 20 academies.  TES

General

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ONE IN THREE TEACHERS SAYS TEACH CREATIONISM ALONGSIDE EVOLUTION

11/7/2008 7:02:00 AM

 

The Daily Telegraph 7 November

One in three teachers believes schoolchildren should be taught that creationism is just as valid as evolution, according to a survey.  DT

General

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TRAM TIMETABLE ‘SHOULD NOT BE AN ENGLISH A-LEVEL TEXT’

TRAM TIMETABLE ‘SHOULD NOT BE AN ENGLISH A-LEVEL TEXT’

11/7/2008 7:45:00 AM

 

The Times 7 November

 A tram timetable has been included in an A-level English syllabus in a misguided attempt to make learning seem relevant to young people, a leading educator has claimed.Bernice McCabe, co-director of the Prince’s Teaching Institute (PTI), the Prince of Wales’s education charity, said that such an emphasis on “functional learning” risks dumbing down standards and squeezing out in-depth subject knowledge. Times

Lead Story | Curriculum / Quality Assurance

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MINSTERS CHANGE TACK TO IMPROVE POOR PRIMARIES

11/7/2008 2:08:00 PM

TES; 7 November

Underperformers unlikely to be judged in the same way as National Challenge secondaries and Ministers are looking at a radically new approach to school improvement for primaries that involves dropping the emphasis on raw exam scores in favour of a more holistic view of performance.TES

Primary

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HUNDREDS OF UNDER-FIVES SUSPENDED

11/7/2008 6:31:00 AM

 

 BBC 6 November

More than 1,500 children aged four and under were suspended from schools in England in the past year, figures show.  BBC       

Primary

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OFSTED WARNS ON WORKERS' TRAINING

11/7/2008 6:41:00 AM

 

FT 7 November

Workers with basic literacy and numeracy needs are not getting the training they require, warned inspectors yesterday. The £520m Train to Gain programme to boost employer demand "has not resulted in an increased employer demand for training", says Ofsted, the watchdog.  FT

FE/HE/ Skills

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