Education News http://www.news-spider.com/Top_Stories/Education/index.html Latest Education News from news-spider.com. News from more than 2,000 sources, updated continuously. en-us © 2008 news-spider.com. All rights reserved. Tue, 13 May 2008 10:10:31 GMT Ofsted inspections hit by strike action http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210675410.html Ofsted inspections across England will be hit by strike action this week as 1,000 staff walk out over pay http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210675410.html Tue, 13 May 2008 09:39:22 GMT MPs warn that national Sats tests distort education http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210671806.html Ministers are urged to end uncertainty over diplomas as committee says they are a barrier to learning http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210671806.html Tue, 13 May 2008 08:36:06 GMT Pentagon biggest obstacle to Democrats' GI bill http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210668152.html AP - Veterans groups say it's time to expand college aid for GIs, and Democrats want to use an election year to do it. Their biggest obstacle? The Pentagon. http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210668152.html Tue, 13 May 2008 07:18:34 GMT Pair charged in abuse case are back at school http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210666479.html Prosecutors criticize L.A. schools chief for allowing officials who allegedly failed to report a molestation claim to return to their campus jobs. Los Angeles County prosecutors were sharply critical ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210666479.html Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT Locke High sends a message: No more disturbances http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210666480.html Police patrol the halls and specialists counsel students on the first school day following Friday's campus melee. Conflict-resolution teams and tight security helped ease jitters at Locke High School ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210666480.html Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 GMT ESOL Student Exodus Won't Yield Windfall, School Officials Say http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210657337.html Prince William County's top elected official asserted last month that an exodus of immigrant families after the county's crackdown on illegal immigration is saving the school system millions of dollar ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210657337.html Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Jazz Breaks Up D.C.'s Arts Dirge http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210657338.html The announcement, made with great fanfare from the stage of the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, was dramatic: This spring marks "the return of music to the D.C. public schools," said Deputy Schools Chanc ... http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210657338.html Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Interview: Christine Blower http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210642997.html The Mail may dub her a loony leftist, but the NUT's current leader defies such crude categorisation. Peter Wilby reports http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210642997.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:36:36 GMT The role of UCST in education http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210642998.html A single academy sponsor is controlling millions of pounds of public assets. Is this right, asks Francis Beckett http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210642998.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:36:36 GMT The art of attending a seminar http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210643003.html Seminars can be a stimulating way of testing knowledge or they can be an excruciating test of how much silence it is possible for a group of people to bear before coughing, says Harriet Swain http://www.news-spider.com/comments/1210643003.html Tue, 13 May 2008 00:36:36 GMT