Forum Brief: Teacher freedoms
Policy Consultation 22 November 2002
Charles Clarke has announced that he wants teachers to have more freedom from central government.
Forum Brief: Language teaching
Policy Consultation 22 November 2002
Secondary schools are considering ditching compulsory foreign language GCSEs in a bid to improve exam result ratings.
Forum Brief: Class sizes
Policy Consultation 21 November 2002
The government has missed its target that no five to seven-year-olds should be in classes of more than 30 by September, according to figures from the Department for Education and
Forum Brief: Broadband
Policy Consultation 19 November 2002
Schools and doctors' surgeries across the UK are to get broadband internet access, Tony Blair has announced.
Forum Brief: Queen's Speech - Education
Policy Consultation 13 November 2002
Education ministers are set to renew their drive to crack down on truant pupils, the Queen told parliament this morning.
Forum Brief: Exam cheating
Policy Consultation 28 October 2002
An investigation has found that cheating in SATs for 11-year-olds is so widespread that school league tables can no longer be trusted.
Forum Brief: A Level revamp
Policy Consultation 28 October 2002
Edexcel chief, John Kerr, has urged the government to restore confidence in A Levels - perhaps ditching the name to make the public recognise change to education's "gold standard".
Forum Brief: Clarke appointment
Policy Consultation 24 October 2002
Charles Clarke has been appointed as the new education secretary.
Forum Brief: Teacher workload
Policy Consultation 22 October 2002
Teachers are to be given additional help with secretarial and administrative tasks under plans outlined by the government today.
Forum Brief: Teaching Assistants
Policy Consultation 20 October 2002
Teachers are to get a personal assistant in each class, under plans due to be announced by the government next week.
Forum Brief: Truancy crackdown
Policy Consultation 9 October 2002
Ministers are pressing ahead with tough new measures to crack down on the parents of truants.
Forum Brief: Private and state schools link
Policy Consultation 8 October 2002
Private schools should link up with schools from the state sector or lose their charitable status, the IPPR argued today.
Forum Brief: Exams re-grade
Policy Consultation 2 October 2002
A massive review of A-level papers will go ahead in the latest twist of the exams row.
Forum Brief: Morris' speech
Policy Consultation 2 October 2002
Comprehensives have failed to break the link between poverty and poor educational achievement, the education secretary has told Labour.
Forum Brief: Tomlinson delay
Policy Consultation 1 October 2002
Following Mike Tomlinson's decision to delay the announcement of examination re-grading, ePolitix asked its Forum members to respond.
