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Association of Teachers and Lecturers RSS feedFury at academy consultants' £1m fees
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2009-11-23T12:26:03Z'School test obsession deprives children of a joyful childhood'
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Labour's obsession with school tests threatens to deprive children of 'a joyful childhood', according to the man who drafted the Government's own education reforms2009-09-16T08:38:05ZLord Sugar blames Government for 'neglected' apprenticeships
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Alan Sugar has attacked the Government’s 'scandalous' record on apprenticeships despite being hired to promote Gordon Brown’s policies2009-08-19T08:07:48ZLondon school with 100 spy cameras
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2009-07-21T08:20:45ZSchool in £1.6 million bonuses scandal ‘good value for money’
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Government inspectors praised the head teacher who allegedly claimed £600,000 in “unlawful” bonuses and said his school offered taxpayers “good value for money”2009-05-21T08:35:46ZHead, deputy and the bursar suspended over £1m bonuses
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A leading London headteacher was suspended today over allegations that he received £200,000 in illegal bonuses, the Evening Standard can reveal2009-05-13T09:16:00ZLiteracy lessons have been fatal for English, says teachers' leader
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The drive to improve literacy in schools has killed the subject of English and left a generation of children unable to speak properly, a teachers' leader warns2009-04-09T13:17:28ZGiant schools 'fuel bad behaviour'
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Super-sized schools are fuelling bad behaviour and creating a “factory” culture in secondary education, teachers have warned2009-04-09T13:20:36ZEarly-learning tests 'are a recipe for toddler tantrums'
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The Government's new "nappy curriculum" for nurseries is fuelling tantrums among toddlers who are forced into formal education too early, teachers warned2009-04-08T13:22:01ZTeachers call for boycott as scrapped Sats carry on
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Teachers are planning industrial action within weeks because hundreds of secondary schools are still running Sats even though ministers have abolished the discredited tests2009-04-08T07:38:30ZSchools may sue over A-level funding cuts
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Schools are threatening to sue the Government over funding cuts that could deny 50,000 pupils sixth-form places this year2009-04-08T13:21:40ZThe hard truths about our school system that ministers won't admit
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The uproar over whether or not Sats should be scrapped is just a distraction from the real problems in education, argues a top head2009-04-08T07:15:21ZRecession forces private schools to lay off staff
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Some of Britain's most prestigious private schools are being forced to lay off teachers as redundancies soar in the recession2009-04-07T08:23:07ZTeachers: Train us to use force against pupils
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Teachers demanded training in the use of force to restrain violent pupils amid warnings that classroom behaviour is out of control2009-04-07T13:11:00ZScrap worship in school, say teachers
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Teachers are calling for the compulsory act of daily worship in schools to be scrapped2009-04-06T08:31:15ZGiving children TV in bedroom 'turns them into Vicky Pollards'
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Parents who allow children to watch television in their bedrooms are breaking up family life and creating a generation of "Vicky Pollards", teachers warned2009-03-30T13:33:53ZTeacher training in six months is 'just a gimmick'
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Ministers faced a backlash over their plans to allow City workers made redundant to become teachers within six months2009-03-10T09:41:23ZPrivate schools braced for recession-driven exodus
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Fee-paying schools are facing a "major fallout" this year from the recession as cash-strapped parents remove their children, teachers warned2009-02-27T14:29:33ZTeachers call in the Yard to tackle 2,700 fights
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Police were called to tackle serious violence in London schools almost 2,700 times this year, it has been revealed2008-12-23T09:10:20ZTV blamed as white working-class boys struggle
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White British boys from poor families are falling further behind their classmates at school, figures show2008-12-11T14:22:14ZSats replacement exams are 'costly nightmare for schools'
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Children's Secretary Ed Balls will unleash an "expensive nightmare" with his planned replacement for discredited Sats, an expert warned2008-12-03T08:54:30ZSchool classroom CCTV raises privacy fears
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A secondary school has installed CCTV cameras in its classrooms, raising privacy concerns from teaching unions2008-10-10T07:42:59ZSchool calls for end to 'depressing' homework
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One of London's leading state schools has cut the amount of homework given to pupils with a view to scrapping it altogether2008-09-22T08:31:41ZModern education 'turning children into little robots'
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Young children are being turned into "little robots" because primary education has become a mini-version of secondary school, teachers have warned2008-07-23T07:54:07ZOfsted could check drug abuse and pregnancies
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Schools could be made to keep records of teenage pregnancies, drug use and obesity among pupils, under government proposals2008-04-30T09:49:51ZAttacked teacher says some pupils are just unteachable
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A London teacher has told how she was left with whiplash, cuts and bruises after a pupil assaulted her in class2008-03-17T09:03:32Z