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the guardian view on nicky morgan: reinventing the...

Bringing back testing for seven-year-olds sounds sensible until you ogle to see what happened final...

laurel grove school museum in alexandria, virginia

Originally known as Laurel Grove Colored School And Church,the Laurel Grove School Museum is a...

if smoking cannabis at the school gates is making...

In my school days there were no parents anywhere near the school gates,and it routinely all got a...

should pupils watch movies in class? discuss …

Twitter storm as Tom Bennett,the government’s behaviour expert, says films own no place in a...

schools can t work miracles. but with a little...

TV shows recognise how vital home input is to education. So why doesn’t the government finish more...

dear nicky morgan: schools don t work like the sas

Rather than parachuting in teachers to improve an individual school,let local schools work together...

lucy powell: we shouldn t just sit in my office...

Is Labour’s new shadow education secretary any more leftwing than the last? Peter Wilby asks...

segregated schools persist because parents...

Integration is presented as an obligation for others,mainly Muslims. No wonder many parents choose...

despair over school funding and education system...

Bridget James is despondent approximately the inequality among institutions,Tony Pitman holds up...

what i m really thinking: the star pupil

I started feigning indifference to my sterling results,because you all started taunting me I can...

the evidence backs corbyn s vision for education....

A non-selective,fair and all-embracing system: it all makes sense and Labour must do a PR job to...

how nicky morgan plans to steal schools from the...

A Conservative bill on its way through parliament will compel the education secretary to take over...

active shooter situations are traumatic to...

The stress and potential harm of these simulations in schools should not be...

food, clothes, transport, beds, ovens: the aid...

Headteachers are breaking the rules to feed children and their families because they say they cannot...

boy aged five with autism expelled from school

In our diary: Boy excluded from reception just before autism diagnosis. Plus: accounts recede awol;...

the chancellor missed a trick by not devolving...

Instead of backing his own policy of devolution,George Osborne fell for the myth that academies are...

headteachers on the frontline: you get to july...

One dip in exam results and their career could be at risk: it’s hardly surprising there’s a...

candidate required to run £130m academy chain -...

Also in our diary: five-figure payouts for staff; frozen school dinner funding; academy leaders...

who oversees schools these days? don t ask me

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw wants robust,failsafe oversight. But with more schools becoming...

axing parent governors in schools is the opposite...

In our diary: Outside sponsors replace parent power. Plus,when is a consultant not a consultant?...

england s schools make us the extremists of europe

The country spends less on education,tests more, excludes more children and promotes elitism. Were...

dropping off children in your pyjamas, picking up...

The headteacher was right to admonish parents who wear pyjamas to drop their children off at...

lorna martin: 10th anniversary of dunblane

It was an ordinary Wednesday morning in a small Scottish town. Then,after one of the most shocking...

global education campaign seeks new young british...

This year the Send My Friend to School ambassadors went to Ghana. It’s now looking for ambassadors...

history in the making: children use clay in class...

As part of the tender to be 2021 UK City of Culture,Stoke-on-Trent students are looking to their...

back to school bill: pencil case, pens, rubber …...

Textbooks are being dropped in favour of technology,with parents saying they are being lumbered...

sound the alarm bells over search for new chief...

Appointing a new inspector because they agree with government policies such as free schools would be...

locality, locality, locality - that s where good...

Government vandals beget fragmented the local education system – but schools themselves are...

rules to fight extremism creating fear among...

Headteachers and experts warn that pressure on schools to ‘spy’ on students will fail to cease...

shouting at your kids can damage their brains

Shouting at your kids can damage their brains,as well as hurting their ears, according to US child...

babe ruth field at cardinal gibbons in baltimore,...

The fact that George Herman "Babe" Ruth, often heralded as the greatest baseball player of all...

there s nowt wrong with dialects, nothing broke...

Policing children’s language encourages them to think nonstandard English is substandard....

story of a transgender schoolteacher: i limp...

Why do trans people working with children face greater judgment than others? Andy Johns just wishes...

the primary headteacher attacked for trying to...

‘A dark and horrible episode’ at a Birmingham school involving a group of parents has led to...

failure is accepted : kenya reflects the...

Deaf children absorb to cope with prejudice,rejection by their families and schools hampered by lack...

bauhaus and moral purpose: the very model of...

The village colleges of Cambridgeshire,pioneering as comprehensives in the 1930s, are still setting...

school places: a guide through the minefield of...

approximately 75% of schools may now set their own rules approximately which children they accept....

sex abuse in schools: the parents who want a...

Plenty of people knew teacher Jeremy Forrest was involved with a pupil; nobody went to the police....

despair in the classroom

Nick Davies reported on the state of our education and was horrified by what he discoveredEducation...

babe ruth field at cardinal gibbons in baltimore,...

The fact that George Herman "Babe" Ruth, often heralded as the greatest baseball player of all...

healing division in schools: the lessons from...

As racism rears its head after the EU referendum,a chain set up to counter sectarian education is...

how schools are getting it wrong on hiv and aids

Children have been humiliated in school and even excluded because many teachers are still badly...

the glaring gap in the english education system is...

Becky Francis is a Labour party member with strong views,and can’t stand it when politicians...

educating viewers: tv teachers embrace chance to...

Educating Cardiff is the latest in a flurry of shows set in the classroom,and some of their stars...

dear nicky morgan: so much for freeing schools...

The education system is ‘working – in the same way that dying cures illnessOh dear. Your public...

english schools struggling to recruit...

Leadership jobs in challenging schools in remote and deprived areas serving deprived pupils are most...

england schools: 10,000 pupils sidelined due to...

While there are concerns schools are moving less-able students off their books,research showed 329...

death of the school staffroom - lack of space or...

Many unusual schools in England are being designed without them,ragged ones are changing use, and...

this education white paper is an open admission of...

Ministers are trying to recapture a coherence that,by destroying local authority support for...

sexual violence at schools is endemic. the...

As a teacher I’ve seen peer-to-peer harassment mishandled repeatedly. It’s systemic problem...

it is shameful we haven t enough people in the uk...

The Headteachers’ Roundtable met on Twitter in 2012 and is now sounding alarm bells about school...

vulnerable pupils abandoned by schools, head of...

Amanda Spielman,the new chief inspector of schools, will highlight the ‘deep injustice’ of...

the tories absurd school regime can t even set a...

Bypassing local authorities was always going to discontinuance in anxiety and,lo and behold, an exam...

milton keynes school turns away 29 girls for not...

Headteacher defends uniform policy saying it protects girls from boys’ advances,prompting...

inequality is a problem schools alone can t fix

In the Tories austerity era a new approach is needed to ensure deprived pupils are not left...

let s turn the page on michael gove and aim for...

Social and emotional learning is as valuable as academic achievement. With Nicky Morgan and Lucy...

tory backbench rebellion threat over george...

1922 committee leader Graham Brady attacks plan to force schools to become academies as...

do we need more childcare in schools?

The education secretary,Nicky Morgan, is proposing parents be given a right to request childcare...

school sends hundreds of pupils home over uniform...

Hanson Academy in Bradford turns away more than 200 students during crackdown,sparking fury among...

letters: supreme court ruling on jewish schools...

The positive decision of the supreme court will encourage mixed-faith couples who wish to send their...

in sweden, noor went straight to school; in...

A unique study contrasts the radically different education offered to young refugees arriving alone...

girls humour wins them trip to kenya and role as...

Loughborough pupils will learn about the barriers to schooling for deaf children and lobby...

trojan horse headteacher receives lifetime ban for...

Jahangir Akbar,previously of Oldknow academy in Birmingham, removed sex education from curriculum...

budget pressures forcing schools in england to cut...

More than a quarter of the schools surveyed by ASCL were prepared to sever staff as tax rises and...

the no tech school where screens are off limits ...

Pupils at London Acorn School are banned from using smartphones and computers and watching TV at all...

is it time to get rid of head girls and boys?

A headteacher in Guernsey has abolished the posts,replacing them with a leadership team. But without...

senior ofsted official backs headteacher over...

Amanda Spielman says religion is being used to ‘actively pervert’ education and school leaders...

exam factory schools urged to shift emphasis to...

Institute of Directors report says computer-based teaching would prepare students for a future when...

autistic students deserve better | letters

I worked as an advisory teacher for autism for a local authority,as senior educational lead for the...

planned closure of special needs school in bristol...

Families forced to seek alternative places for children after St Christopher’s residential school...

top judge leads calls to scrap mandatory daily...

Influential report urges end to religious assemblies and raises concern over segregationSchools...

teacher s end of term report to parents: your...

From casual racism to arriving at school in a onesie,this term parents get a ‘could do...

hidden costs of state schools causing hardship for...

Uniforms,books, equipment, and meals and trips add up to £800 bills,says Children’s Commission on...

beekeeping takes flight in primary school

Learning to look after bees has transformed the behaviour of unruly pupils,says headteacherWhen a...

welcome to dragon school - the lair of the british...

The Night Manager’s Tom Hiddleston,Tom Hollander and Hugh Laurie are all former pupils of the...

building bridges with the irregular dative plural...

Dennis Ruston (Letters,29 February) should be grateful that ancient Greek was not on his timetable....

we respect islam and gay people … the gay...

Primary teacher Andrew Moffat left his job after a backlash over his sexuality. Now he’s bringing...

massively improved state schools threaten private...

Better behaviour and results are attracting families who can afford private school fees,says...

damian lewis says protests over his role in school...

Eton-educated actor,who lives locally in north London, switched on a laser indicate to celebrate...

the numbers are small: muslim groups play down...

Muslim Council for Britain rejects ‘hysteria’ over wearing of niqabs,while Muslim Women’s...

the no tech school where screens are off limits -...

Pupils at London Acorn School banned from using smartphones and computers and watching TV at all...

international tests show london school pupils...

Students in capital may outperform their English peers but analysis suggests they do not match up to...

let s tap into islam s heritage of critical...

There are more effective ways to protect Muslim pupils than the government’s Prevent strategy,says...

schoolboys at trojan horse academy not taught safe...

Panel told that boys at Park View school in Birmingham allegedly not educated about condoms main to...

oxbridge intake: how one state school sends scores...

Hills Road sixth form college is only state school to seem in list of elite institutions compiled by...

discipline in schools speech

Full text of Charles Clarke's Discipline in Schools speechWhy discipline things Every day...

families of child sexual abuse victims threaten...

Families of children attacked or harassed by other pupils are dismayed by lengthy delays in issuing...

quarter of english state primary schools are...

‘meaningful fails’ in percentage of white British children attending local schools in some...

headteachers start fightback against government...

The Headteachers’ Roundtable is mounting a grassroots attack on government reforms to thrash out a...

sexism in schools is real - how can the department...

After a teachers’ leader spoke out about sexist bullying in the classroom,the government’s...

academy sixth form closure to end a level...

Decision by Halewood academy,last school offering A-levels in Knowsley, Merseyside, and due to...

fears rise over school places as secondaries...

Local authorities complain of powerlessness as demand swells and parents prepare for...

nicky morgan: islamist extremists using same...

Groups such as Isis use social media to target vulnerable children,says education secretary at...

schools can decide whether to ban full face veils,...

Education secretary’s comment comes after PM ruled out French-style ban but backed institutions...

trojan horse headteacher allowed pupils to be put...

Disciplinary panel told ex-head of Birmingham school at centre of extremism allegations permitted...

school questioned muslim pupil about isis after...

Parents of 14-year-aged at north London’s Central Foundation school grasp legal action after he...

girls more resilient than boys at school

Girls from single-parent families outperform boys in course because they are less affected by...

we batter them with kindness : schools that reject...

‘Unconditional positive regard’ towards even badly behaved pupils is growing in popularityIt is...

children s services at risk as councils raid...

Crisis facing local government worsens as a fifth of earmarked cash is used up in EnglandCouncils...

schools must focus on struggling white working...

Study finds poorer white children’s attainment has stayed stubbornly low despite improvements...

village schools at risk from tory reforms

Headteachers warn that push for academies,amid £7.5bn retrenchment, threatens future of small rural...

crackdown on term time holidays appears to be...

UK government figures reveal drop in school absences because of family vacations,although the...

orthodox jewish schools erased or changed pictures...

Pupils at two north London schools had ‘very narrow views approximately women’s role in...

single sex education: row erupts after head...

Richard Cairns sparks anger by suggesting pupils are at enormous disadvantage’ as they risk...

academy governors resign en masse after scathing...

In our diary: an insight into regional schools commissioners’ inspections; teachers vote to strike...

hugh prosser obituary

My colleague Hugh Prosser,who has died aged 84, was an Anglican priest, and headteacher and friend...

school is not a rehearsal for life. it s the real...

Schools minister Nick Gibb’s lack of flexibility over term-time holidays is not in the interest of...

london effect in schools due to gradual...

LSE report says primaries improving since 90s and abolition of Inner London Education Authority led...

being kind camouflages low expectations, ...

Controversial headteacher Rory Fox is back in news for tough approach to tackling behaviour issues...

scathing report could shut muslim school for...

Olive Tree primary disputes findings in draft report including claim library contains books...

teachers warn of growing poverty crisis in british...

Schools plugging gaps left by social services budget cuts as poverty becomes more extremeExtreme...

i m 16 and overloaded - longer school hours would...

George Osborne’s budget should have considered the issues that really matter – teacher...

trojan horse school pupils and staff used...

Former staff member speaks at hearings to decide whether teachers allowed ‘undue devout...

david cameron: i want every school to become an...

In comments to mark Tory government’s first 100 days,PM will set out academy policy as a priority...

uk students stuck in educational doldrums, oecd...

Influential Pisa report says Britain's mid-table position is virtually unchanged from 2009 as...

teachers warned over befriending pupils on...

Experts warn of big gulf in school social networking policies,as staff utilize Twitter, chatrooms...

hull schools at breaking point over special...

Heads blame ‘perfect storm’ of tighter budgets,higher demand and cuts to children’s...

a graduation to remember

A tremendous Armenian flag hung down from the wall behind us. “Narek: A runt Armenia” was...

nine edinburgh schools to remain closed until end...

More than 3500 children will continue to be taught at other sites while remedial work is carried out...

teacher gets lifetime classroom ban over affair...

John Boothby,27, had relationship with teenage girl while he was head of philosophy and devout...

teenagers who watch screens in free time do worse...

Cambridge University study suggests that 14-year-olds who spend even an hour a day watching TV or...

should mobile phones be banned in schools?

A headteacher says pupil behaviour is better and bullying is down since he barred mobiles in his...

a perfect ending for burbank high football

As the Burbank tall School football season comes to an close,tensions and anxiety continue to rise...

high court overturns lifetime bans for trojan...

Judge cites ‘serious procedural impropriety’ in major setback for DfE over handling of Park View...

private school gives pupils a boost worth two...

The Durham University study suggests that the attainment gap is larger than previously...

ofsted chief backs schools that restrict...

Sir Michael Wilshaw says schools will be downgraded whether inspectors believe wearing of full veils...

almost half of english school students failing to...

Forty-three per cent of children leave primary school without adequate reading,writing and maths,...

majority of teachers in survey know pupils who...

Survey of teachers in England and Wales finds pupils who haven’t had breakfast are likely to be...

tougher guidelines for schools to tackle online...

Government to hold consultation on strengthening statutory guidance covering the welfare of...

schools that treat students like criminals corrupt...

Treating students like criminal justice problems to be quashed rather than minds to be molded...

nicky morgan: labour downgraded value of...

Education secretary accuses Labour government of ‘tacit snobbery’ in designing courses unfit for...

is the trojan horse row just a witch hunt...

A letter,widely thought to be fake, has led to four inquiries and a political storm that comes down...

pupils forced to learn in cramped and crumbling...

Nearly half of teachers surveyed by NASUWT said number of children on roll had significantly...

obituary: violeta ponce and olga kokino

University tall School is mourning the tragic loss of two beloved teachers. English teacher Violeta...

excluded pupils should be met at school gates,...

Government asked to consider imposing higher duty of care on headteachers amid concern approximately...

trojan horse teachers gave pupils handout saying...

Disciplinary hearing told that three staff in one of Birmingham schools allegedly infiltrated by...

pupils who switch schools in year do worse in...

Report says grades decline with each successive move and that poorer children suffer...

teachers warned not to dismiss sexual harassment...

Government guidelines for schools and colleges call for vigilance and warn that incidents are likely...

uk watchdog launches inquiry into teacher who...

Stephen Jackson was hired by two British schools despite facing multiple child abuse allegations in...

three quarters of teachers see pupils come to...

Union chief attacks George Osborne over cuts after survey finds more than a quarter of teachers...

police say bomb threats that led to evacuation of...

Police attend several sites in Birmingham,and Met investigates malicious communications targeting...

teacher died from cancer after decades of exposure...

Inquest rules Elizabeth Belt’s death was a result of industrial disease,after years spent pinning...

jewish school removed homosexual mentions from...

Yesodey Hatorah girls’ school in London also censored images of women socialising with menA...

even tory councillors are up in arms. osborne...

The planned national schools service is England’s biggest nationalisation project since the NHS...

golden goodbye payments by academy chains soar to...

In our diary: Harris the biggest spender on severance pay; plus: who’ll be the new head of Ofsted?...

sobrosa school / cnll

This school was designed as a playful combination of modules that can be easily adapted to the...

top catholic school stripped of pupil welfare...

Lawyer takes charge of safeguarding at Ampleforth College amid concerns over its handling of abuse...

trojan horse row: governor banned from involvement...

Tahir Alam,former chair of governors at Park View Educational Trust in Birmingham, accused of...

brought to heel: school sends 56 pupils home for...

Headteacher of Djanogly City Academy in Nottingham defends teachers’ actions after pupils breach...

girls at single sex schools outdo those in co...

Study of 2015 results in England shows 75% of pupils in all-girl secondaries received five...

trojan horse tribunal rejects muslim teaching...

Judges uphold Christian member of staff’s claim that resignation letter was forged while rejecting...

time to give peace education a chance in schools

Concern over No 10’s ‘military ethos in schools’ initiative is prompting charities to press...

research shows benefits of montessori education

A method of schooling that focuses on personal development rather than exams produces more...

thank you dennise villatoro- usc cae s...

LAUSD/ USC Media Arts and Engineering School recognizes Dennise Villatoro for her leadership role as...

mr. murillo: the untold story

Students always believe a favorite teacher whom they can relate to. That teacher is someone who...

chaminade football falls to oaks christian, still...

On Aug. 26, the Chaminade Eagles traveled to Oaks Christian to take on the Lions in the opening game...

michael gove s school reforms ignored rise in...

Former education secretary was ‘just not interested’ in number of children falling ill, says...

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the guardian view on nicky morgan: reinventing the...

laurel grove school museum in alexandria, virginia

if smoking cannabis at the school gates is making...

should pupils watch movies in class? discuss …

schools can t work miracles. but with a little...

dear nicky morgan: schools don t work like the sas

lucy powell: we shouldn t just sit in my office...

segregated schools persist because parents...

despair over school funding and education system...

what i m really thinking: the star pupil

the evidence backs corbyn s vision for education....

how nicky morgan plans to steal schools from the...

active shooter situations are traumatic to...

food, clothes, transport, beds, ovens: the aid...

boy aged five with autism expelled from school

the chancellor missed a trick by not devolving...

headteachers on the frontline: you get to july...

candidate required to run £130m academy chain -...

who oversees schools these days? don t ask me

axing parent governors in schools is the opposite...

england s schools make us the extremists of europe

dropping off children in your pyjamas, picking up...

lorna martin: 10th anniversary of dunblane

global education campaign seeks new young british...

history in the making: children use clay in class...

back to school bill: pencil case, pens, rubber …...

sound the alarm bells over search for new chief...

locality, locality, locality - that s where good...

rules to fight extremism creating fear among...

shouting at your kids can damage their brains

babe ruth field at cardinal gibbons in baltimore,...

there s nowt wrong with dialects, nothing broke...

story of a transgender schoolteacher: i limp...

the primary headteacher attacked for trying to...

failure is accepted : kenya reflects the...

bauhaus and moral purpose: the very model of...

school places: a guide through the minefield of...

sex abuse in schools: the parents who want a...

despair in the classroom

babe ruth field at cardinal gibbons in baltimore,...

healing division in schools: the lessons from...

how schools are getting it wrong on hiv and aids

the glaring gap in the english education system is...

educating viewers: tv teachers embrace chance to...

dear nicky morgan: so much for freeing schools...

english schools struggling to recruit...

england schools: 10,000 pupils sidelined due to...

death of the school staffroom - lack of space or...

this education white paper is an open admission of...

sexual violence at schools is endemic. the...

it is shameful we haven t enough people in the uk...

vulnerable pupils abandoned by schools, head of...

the tories absurd school regime can t even set a...

milton keynes school turns away 29 girls for not...

inequality is a problem schools alone can t fix

let s turn the page on michael gove and aim for...

tory backbench rebellion threat over george...

do we need more childcare in schools?

school sends hundreds of pupils home over uniform...

letters: supreme court ruling on jewish schools...

in sweden, noor went straight to school; in...

girls humour wins them trip to kenya and role as...

trojan horse headteacher receives lifetime ban for...

budget pressures forcing schools in england to cut...

the no tech school where screens are off limits ...

is it time to get rid of head girls and boys?

senior ofsted official backs headteacher over...

exam factory schools urged to shift emphasis to...

autistic students deserve better | letters

planned closure of special needs school in bristol...

top judge leads calls to scrap mandatory daily...

teacher s end of term report to parents: your...

hidden costs of state schools causing hardship for...

beekeeping takes flight in primary school

welcome to dragon school - the lair of the british...

building bridges with the irregular dative plural...

we respect islam and gay people … the gay...

massively improved state schools threaten private...