Ministers target maths and city academies
Press Review 28 June 2004
Charles Clarke will today set out reforms to improve the teaching of mathematics in schools.
Anti Social Behaviour Unit
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NASUWT
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Education policy unit to be scrapped
Press Review 9 June 2004
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Union slams primary school rankings
Press Review 26 May 2004
The government's use of rankings to measure the progress made by pupils at primary school is flawed and should be abolished, according to research published yesterday.
Forum of Private Business
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Ofsted chief recommends performance pay
Press Review 20 May 2004
Chief inspector of schools David Bell has called for teachers' pay to be more closely linked to performance.
MPs warn of educational segregation
News Article 14 May 2004
Giving parents choice over the school their children attend has led to racial segregation in some communities, a committee of MPs has warned.
Clarke opens door for state pupils to go private
Press Review 13 May 2004
Charles Clarke has announced that state funding is available to help students to take A Levels in subjects such as Latin and Greek at fee-paying schools.
Minister dismisses 'bizarre' education plans
Press Review 11 May 2004
Nick Raynsford has dismissed plans to take education out of local authority control as "bizarre".
General Teaching Council
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Pupils to receive cash for studying
Press Review 20 April 2004
Half of all 16-year-olds will receive up to £30 per week if they decide to stay at school, Charles Clarke has said.
Schools urged to apply principles of business
Press Review 16 April 2004
Education bodies and government agencies should become more like business and focus on the needs of their customers, according to the chairman of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.
Teachers want right to sue pupils
Press Review 15 April 2004
Members of Britain's second biggest teaching union have demanded a change in the law to allow them to sue pupils for compensation if they make false allegations of physical or sexual abuse.
Clarke dismisses 'Tesco' schools claim
News Article 14 April 2004
The education secretary has dismissed union claims that the government wants to "destroy" state education and turn schools into "Tesco" style supermarkets.
