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Latest Education News from the BBC
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Students claim survey dishonesty
League tables intended to help youngsters to choose universities are being falsified, claim students.
Tests 'damaging' to school system
The Sats tests being taken by 11-year-olds in England are damaging the balance of lessons, say MPs.
'Come clean' call on Diploma plan
MPs say the government should clarify its intentions on the future of Diplomas, GCSEs and A-levels.
Adults 'dropping out of learning'
A survey says large numbers of adults targeted by skills campaigns are dropping out of learning.
Pupils prepare for healthier menu
New guidelines will see changes to the school menu with strict limits on deep fried food and fizzy drinks.
Snack ban 'helps healthy eating'
Researchers find that banning all unhealthy food from school is the best way to get pupils to eat healthily.
Pupils sent home after turf prank
The entire sixth year of a school is sent home after pupils turfed over the floor of their common room.
Heads warn of exam 'congestion'
Pupils about to take GCSE and AS-level exams are put under extra stress by timetabling problems, teachers warn.
Return of education's 'Cold War'
Mike Baker considers the pressures facing the independent sector over the public benefit test.
Reading skills' 'virtuous circle'
Ofsted inspectors say that schools and children are making progress with the teaching of phonics.
Catch-up scheme 'a success'
A government-backed reading scheme shows lasting results for struggling readers, research suggests.
Strike threat over academy plan
Teachers at a school in Derby are threatening strike action over plans to turn it into an academy.
Rugby to let in more poor pupils
Rugby School becomes the latest independent school to open its doors to more less well-off pupils.
Move to bolster school governors
The scale of governor shortage is revealed as ministers try to strengthen the management of schools.
Maths teacher gap 'to worsen'
The shortage of qualified maths teachers in England seems set to worsen, a survey suggests.
Education News from the Daily Telegraph
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Extract two: Parenting Inc. by Pamela Paul
Pushchairs that cost as much as a second-hand car, ??1,000 nappy bags and private members' clubs for toddlers??? Whatever next? In this extract from her gripping new book about the commodification of childhood, Pamela Paul examines where it all began - and, more worryingly, how it might end.
Dear Vicki and Octavia
Our mother and daughter agony aunts answer your questions.
10 ways to survive the exam season
Christopher Middleton offers a plan to ease the pain of this testing time.
Extract one: Parenting Inc. by Pamela Paul
Smart toys, computers, classes - parents are bombarded with products and services claiming to boost their offspring's brainpower. In this extract from her book Parenting Inc, Pamela Paul discovers that children would be better off left to use their imagination.
The Idle Parent
Forget money: train your children to enjoy doing jobs around the house, says Tom Hodgkinson.
His and heirs
Just look at the father to predict the sex of a child, says Max Davidson.
Pocket money: why children are coining it in
Parents who pay their offspring to behave could find there are hidden costs, says Tamsin Kelly.
Pet subjects
Our pet guru, veterinary surgeon Pete Wedderburn, answers your queries.
Calling all bloggers
A guide to the world of blogging mums.
Blogging: mum's the wired word
Tamsin Kelly meets the blogging mothers who are finding fame, fortune and self-fulfilment by chronicling their experiences online.
Dulwich Mum: spare me the simple life
The Dulwich Mum commences her new column for The Telegraph, with some thoughts on country living.
Happy families
Dear Vicki and Octavia
Our mother and daughter agony aunts answer your questions.
Why every mother should demand a personal stylist
It's too easy for busy mums to slob out in shapeless clothes but, says Jo Kessel, it needn't be that way.
The halls are alive with the sound of summer
Music, sport, art: you too can have a public school education.
Education News from The Scotsman
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Private schools boycott new curriculum
IT HAS been hailed as a revolution in Scottish education, with the power to enable every child to fulfil their potential. However, pupils at two of Scotland's most prestig
Campus on shortlist for design prize
THE new campus of a city university has been shortlisted for an national architecture prize.
Thousands book in for reading day
THOUSANDS of children from across Scotland are to take part in a special day aimed at raising awareness about the benefits of reading in early life.
TV licence warning to students
STUDENTS finishing their first year at university have been reminded to update the address on their TV licence and avoid a fine.
Beer festival cash pours in
A BEER festival organised by students has helped to raise more than £6000 for good causes.
Pupils scoop design prizes
TWO Lothians pupils have won a prestigious competition to design the official logo for Malaria Awareness Week.
Napier Chinese talks are full of eastern promise
THE differences between Chinese and Scottish attitudes to herbalism, health and design have been discussed at a city conference.
£75k boost in strokes fight
EDINBURGH University has been awarded more than £75,000 to carry out research into the prevention of strokes.
Stop drama becoming a crisis!
DRAMA students staged a protest outside the Scottish Parliament today.
David's London flute gig
A SCHOOLBOY from Edinburgh will get the chance to join the other BBC Young Musician of the Year finalists on stage at London's Wigmore Hall later this year.
Pupils draw on talents to create a new school
THEY may not be everyone's idea of what school should look like but these designs are among the hundreds drawn up by pupils tasked with designing a new Portobello High Sc
Reader's Ombudsman - Newspaper's interest in school lies solely in its innovative approach
ONE of the fundamental reasons for creating an ombudsman and this column was to answer readers' complaints and comments openly and honestly.
£54m campus project shapes up well
JEWEL and Esk's £54 million redevelopment project is beginning to take shape, with the first of the new buildings going up across two campus locations.
Pilot receives university honour
ONE of the greatest pilots in aviation history is to be awarded an honorary degree by Edinburgh University next month.
Dawe urges caution over Smith house
THE leader of Edinburgh City Ccouncil has urged caution over the news that the house where economist Adam Smith lived in his final years was to be saved for the nation.