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Simon Doyle, Education Correspondent
459 words Publication date: 22 May 2009
Source: The Irish News Page: Pg. 9
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Sinn Fein urged members and supporters to respond in their thousands to a consultation on the education minister’s transfer reforms – even telling them what to say.
Respondents were asked to claim they appreciated that after … Continue Reading
Simon Doyle, Education Correspondent
450 words Publication date: 22 May 2009
Source: The Irish News Page: Pg. 1
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Almost 850 primary school principals have been invited to an unprecedented conference to discuss concerns about the “intolerable” situation being caused by new grammar school entrance tests.
So concerned are the five teaching unions about … Continue Reading
By Graeme Paton Education Editor
463 words Publication date: 26 May 2009
Source: The Daily Telegraph Page: 11
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HISTORY GCSEs are falling out of favour as pupils abandon traditional subjects in favour of new skills-style courses, research suggests.
Fewer than a third of students sat history exams last summer – the second-lowest number since Labour came … Continue Reading
668 words Publication date: 23 May 2009
Source: The Economist
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Chris Woodhead on schools
The scourge of teachers surveys the desolation of learning
“SACK the useless teachers!” ran the headline above an interview with Chris Woodhead in 1994. And the newly appointed chief inspector of schools grew no more emollient on the … Continue Reading
BY KATHRYN TORNEY EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT
441 words Publication date: 13 May 2009
Source: Belfast Telegraph
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PARENTS can begin registering their children for controversial new school entrance exams from next week.
The new grammar school application process gets under way on Monday and will result in pupils sitting tests in the autumn…. Continue Reading
Simon Doyle, Education Correspondent 507 words
Publication date: 12 May 2009 Source: The Irish News
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Grammar schools face losing millions of pounds in a major funding shake-up. The most elite institutions are expected to be the biggest losers in a sweeping review of the common funding formula for schools.
It is the latest twist in a battle between … Continue Reading
Polly Curtis 1849 words
Publication date: 12 May 2009
Source: The Guardian
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There are few giants in education as big as Chris Woodhead. Love him or loathe him, his tenure as chief inspector of schools was full of incident and drama. His rows with the teaching profession were legendary: the claim, just months into the job, that 15,000 teachers … Continue Reading
BY KATHRYN TORNEYEDUCATION CORRESPONDENT
366 words Publication date: 8 May 2009
Source: Belfast Telegraph
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News
THE Education Minister has been presented with a petition from more than 1,400 parents in the Larne area calling on her to consider reinstating a selective test on a temporary basis for P7 pupils…. Continue Reading
By Julie Henry, Education Correspondent, Daily Telegraph
Last Updated: 2:36PM BST 25 Apr 2009
The surge is likely to lead to increased competition for places at England’s 164 remaining state schools.
The figures mean a large proportion of the much-trumpeted rise in Cambridge’s state school intake in 2008 – from 55 per cent to 59 per cent – was down to the success of selective rather than comprehensive school applicants.
Robert McCartney, the … Continue Reading
BY KATHRYN TORNEY EDUCATION CORRESPONDENT ktorney@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Publication date: 1 May 2009
Source: Belfast Telegraph
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CAITRIONA Ruane today defended her decision to urge all schools to use free school meals entitlement as their first admissions criteria from next year.
The Education Minister said it was important for disadvantaged children to be given priority during an interview this morning on the BBC. Ms Ruane accused presenter Stephen Nolan of pitting one group of children against another when he asked if children with special needs would be given the same priority as … Continue Reading