Education News

Kids who skip school in Baltimore more likely to get shot
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Ga Board of Ed approves math waivers
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Parents say NYC public schools crammed with students
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NYC principal fined for asking teachers to tutor her child
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S. Arkansas town sends supplies to village in Burkina Faso
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Poor results force government rethink on progress tests
Pilot project that let pupils sit exams when ready backfires
The Guardian  –  May 9, 2008 2:08 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?

Rugby to let in more poor pupils
Rugby School becomes the latest independent school to open its doors to more less well-off pupils.
BBC News  –  May 9, 2008 1:31 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?

Parents Reject Venezuelan President's Curriculum
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is on a crusade to develop young people loyal to his leftist ideas by reforming the educational system. The government wants to install a new curriculum that celebrates socialism. But the plan has generated a formidable opposition made up of irate parents.
NPR.org  –  May 9, 2008 11:39 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?

Government to roll out reading programme in schools
Children who struggle to read at age six can catch up and overtake their peers with the help of one-to-one tuition
The Guardian  –  May 9, 2008 10:07 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?

John Harris on our privately educated politicians
From Eton to Oxford, from the Bullington club to parliament. Is meritocracy dead, asks John Harris
The Guardian  –  May 9, 2008 08:37 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?