Work contacts ‘cut dropout rate’
The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests.
BBC News – Education & Family
Failure in sex abuse teacher case
A teacher was able to film himself abusing young girls because of a “lamentable failure” by school management, a review finds.
BBC News – Education & Family
Birth rate puts pressure on primary schools
The numbers of children at primary school are expected to rise by a fifth over the coming decade, official figures suggest.
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Two grammars top league tables
Two grammar schools are at the top of this year’s secondary school league tables.
BBC News – Education & Family
Gordon Brown calls for Global Fund for Education
Former prime minister Gordon Brown has called for the creation of a worldwide fund to combat a “hidden and silent emergency in education”.
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Botanic Garden’s stuck books plea
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.
BBC News – Education & Family
‘IPhoneography’ course launched
A college plans a new course devoted entirely to taking photographs on the iPhone
BBC News – Education & Family
Battle of the knowledge superpowers
Knowledge is power – economic power – and there’s a scramble for that power taking place around the globe.
BBC News – Education & Family
New tables reveal how disadvantaged pupils fall behind
The stark gap between the performance of disadvantaged pupils and their classmates from better off backgrounds is exposed in school league tables for the first time today.
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Disabled children excluded from education
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.
BBC News – Education & Family
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