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Leading article: How to root out racist teachers
26 May 2005
The news that the Government is to consult teachers' leaders over whether to ban members of neo-Nazi groups such as the British National Party, the National Front and Combat 18 from teaching may give some people cause to cheer.

How you could get all A-grades too
26 May 2005
It's exam time again and teenagers are struggling with revision. Lucy Tobin, 19, a seasoned reviser who starts at Oxford in October, explains her technique for coming out on top

Education Quandary
26 May 2005
Are primary-school results improving? We don't know whether to send our children to primary or prep school

Teacher Talk
26 May 2005
'Months ago one pupil screamed obscenities in my face.

Leading article: Parent power within limits
19 May 2005
The Government has unashamedly moved towards more "parent power" in schools with the proposal in the Queen's Speech to allow parents to instigate school inspections.

Alan Smithers: Blairism is Thatcherism with a few knobs on
19 May 2005
Adonis's brief looks like a determined attempt to embed choice and diversity in secondary schools

Too clever for school
19 May 2005
It may be every parent's dream to have a very bright child, but the reality can be more like a nightmare.

Newly qualified teachers: How to impress the head
19 May 2005
If you're struggling to get a job, Sara Bubb has 10 top tips to help your application shine out

Education Quandary
19 May 2005
'The sixth-formers I do careers counselling with all want to make films, go into the music business or own a restaurant.

Running rings around administration
12 May 2005
Filing cabinets are making way for CD-Roms as schools turn to new technology to manage their daily affairs.

Bring the past into the present
12 May 2005
Whether via newsreel footage, online census data or historical websites, technology can turn children into virtual travellers

All the world's a classroom
12 May 2005
ICT allows geography teachers to take students to the Himalayas and back by 4pm. Virginia Matthews reports

What's screening on school white boards nationwide?
12 May 2005
The popularity of the e-Learning Credits scheme is seeing schools invest in a vast array of software packages.

Education Quandary
12 May 2005
'Should parents bribe their children to get good exam results? All our daughter's friends have been promised rewards for good GCSEs.

The new tartan army
12 May 2005
A school full of refugees needed a new identity - and found a classic Scottish solution

Teacher Talk
12 May 2005
'Teaching is hard work and you need to know that to become a good teacher. With Teach First, you are under no illusions.

Leading article: Adonis will now be accountable
12 May 2005
It was Tony Blair's reshuffle at education that produced the biggest shock waves in the aftermath of his third election victory.

Admission impossible
05 May 2005
Labour has put parental choice at the heart of its education policies. But the choice is hollow, says Helen Bazuaye, who has decided her only option is to send her son to a private school

Education Quandary
05 May 2005
'Our son's private school puts pupils off Oxbridge, saying it is too competitive. How do we convince him to have a go?

Could you be the next Billy Elliot?
05 May 2005
Classes in drama, dance and singing do wonders for young people's self-confidence, says Tim Walker

Teacher Talk
05 May 2005
Bernadette McLean from the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre in Frensham, Surrey, coaches teachers in how to educate dyslexic children better.

Leading article: Three cheers for Sir Digby
05 May 2005
Sir Digby Jones, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, was right to warn at the weekend that we were in danger of creating "a society of victims", loath or unable to take risks.

Leading article: Blair faces a protest vote
28 April 2005
The online survey of teachers conducted for The Independent by www.schoolzone.co.uk reveals considerable disillusionment with Labour.

Labour has let us down
28 April 2005
Teachers who voted for Blair last time have become disillusioned, a survey commissioned by The Independent reveals

Education Quandary
28 April 2005
'My son hasn't been offered a place at any secondary school that we would like him to go to. Getting a place in a good school is becoming a nightmare in London, and yet the politicians say nothing.

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