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Boris Johnson: We must stop telling all these white lies

Published: 17 May 2007

I thought of our tendency to collective hypocrisy the other day, when a group of vice-chancellors was discussing the problems of widening access to higher education. It was a gloomy discussion. Huge efforts were being made to reach out to schools and families that did not traditionally see themselves as university feeders. Undergraduates were all out proselytising and evangelising the benefits of a university education. Yet we are still stuck on 14 per cent of Group D who make it to university, and 77 per cent from Group A, and that position has been unchanged for 20 years.

Leading Article: Brown's vision will be different

Published: 17 May 2007

At first sight, it looks as though Gordon Brown as Prime Minister will continue to give education the high priority Tony Blair gave it – but with less glitz and perhaps fewer initiatives. That will be welcome to heads and teachers who have long complained that they are sinking under the weight of Government demands.

Education Quandary

Published: 17 May 2007

'My daughter's English teacher says you can't switch today's pupils on to Shakespeare. Surely she is wrong?'

Pass notes for the modern age: Back to good old-fashioned revision

Published: 17 May 2007

Exams have gone all 21st century, with e-marking and motivational podcasts to put students in the right frame of mind. But there's still no substitute for good old-fashioned revision

Schoolzone reveals the views of those working at the sharp end of education

Published: 17 May 2007

The Government's not going to like this. A panel of primary school head teachers says that their priorities are very different from the deluge of targets and initiatives that spews out of Whitehall

Why can't all children go to primary school?

Published: 10 May 2007

Gordon Brown invited young people to Brussels last week in an attempt to drum up support (and cash) for his dream of universal primary education. But not everything went to plan.

Leading Article: You can't force social cohesion

Published: 10 May 2007

No one can deny that it would be beneficial for all-white rural schools to foster links with multiethnic inner-city schools so that their pupils gain a better understanding of pupils from racial and religious backgrounds that are different from their own.

Education Quandary

Published: 10 May 2007

'Why should we pay a full term's school fees when, for most of it, our son is on study leave?'

Maths doesn't have to make parents panic

Published: 10 May 2007

For many years, I have had parents approaching me about their children's maths homework and the difficulties they face when trying to help - so many, in fact, that I ended up doing a PhD on their problems.

Leading article: Bullying to end

Published: 03 May 2007

This week, it was announced that secondary schools are to teach lessons in " emotional intelligence" - jargon for "how to behave".

Education Quandary

Published: 03 May 2007

'My boys don't speak in sentences. They only grunt. Why don't schools teach children to speak properly?'

Baroness Perry: Ministers need to hear from the professionals

Published: 03 May 2007

For a little over a year, the Conservative Party's policy group on improving public services has been working to find ways of making our services a source of national pride.

Why targets for tots are angering the experts

Published: 03 May 2007

The Government's new developmental stages for babies and toddlers are worrying parents and experts who fear they will be over-prescriptive and create red tape. Jennifer Beckles reports on a row in the nursery

Leading article: A £1m gamble at Salisbury school

Published: 26 April 2007

The news that an American-owned company is to take over the running of a comprehensive school in north London is surprising. It is thought to be the first case of its kind in education history. It is surprising not only because it is a private sector company taking over the running of a state school for the first time, but also because Salisbury school in Enfield is not failing. It was taken out of special measures in 2003 and is now judged satisfactory. What will the three-person team parachuted in by Edison Schools be able to do that the previous managers couldn't?

Alan Smithers: Don't expect too much from your head teacher

Published: 26 April 2007

The Policy Exchange think tank dropped something of a bombshell last week when it published research apparently showing that headteachers have no discernible effect on school performance. It had commissioned the highly respected Curriculum, Evaluation and Management Centre at the University of Durham to quantify "the leadership effect" - and was taken aback to be told there does not appear to be one.

Education Quandary

Published: 26 April 2007

'Our son's teachers are accusing him of causing trouble in class. He says they are racist'

Private and state education: a world of difference?

Published: 26 April 2007

A new TV series shows what happened when three comprehensive pupils swapped places with their peers in an independent school. The experience proved a lesson for them all

Leading article: Workload worries are well-founded

Published: 19 April 2007

Cracks are beginning to emerge in the agreement between the Government and teachers' leaders to reduce teachers' workload, according to the conferences of both the National Union of Teachers and the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers.

Education Quandary

Published: 19 April 2007

'Doesn't music help children to learn better? I want my children's reception class to do more of it'

West meets East: Can school partnerships help prevent war?

Published: 19 April 2007

Relations between Britain and the Arab world have been damaged by the Iraq war. Can new links between schools in Britain and the Middle East restore harmony?

Independent schools: Look beneath the surface at open days

Published: 19 April 2007

Be warned: a slick presentation won't tell you all you need to know about a school, says Chris Green

David Willetts: We need to teach pupils the great books

Published: 12 April 2007

What our national curriculum should contain has always been a hotly debated topic. No more so than in English literature, where the problem of which authors, books and plays pupils should study has always caught the imagination.

Education Quandary

Published: 12 April 2007

'How can I get my pupils' parents more involved in their children's education? Nothing seems to work at this primary school'

Bullying: Justice is better than vengeance

Published: 12 April 2007

Showing bullies the effects of their actions is far more effective than punishment, say the advocates of a radical approach to discipline. Julian Margaret Gibbs reports

Leading article: Policy mustn't get lost in translation

Published: 12 April 2007

The Government deserves some credit for its drive to improve language teaching in primary schools. It is certainly right to support Lord Dearing's recommendation that foreign languages should be a compulsory part of the curriculum from the age of seven.

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