Children of Blair are overtaken by Ireland
As a nation we undervalue education – perhaps not of our own children, but of other people’s. Yes, there are statistical issues with Pisa, but the relative direction of travel is abundantly clear.
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Think it’s bad in the UK? Spare a thought for north east America and Canada, parts of which have been hit by temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius, after snowfall of up to 60cms in some places.
A major snowstorm producing blizzard-like conditions hammers the northeastern United States, causing flight cancellations, disrupting road travel and closing schools.
From the ‘fiscal cliff’ from which America never fell, to an Iraq inquiry that is still to report back. Here are seven things that were expected to happen in 2013 – but did not.
Two ex-servicemen, one a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan once based at Woolwich barracks, firebombed a mosque in “an act of retribution” for the attack on Lee Rigby.
The government should give means-tested vouchers to working class families to help them buy their children some of the advantages that more affluent families can afford, the Sutton Trust suggests.
“None of the school’s teachers were delivering good lessons” – the Discovery New School in Sussex becomes the first free school to be closed by the government after “grave concern” over standards.
We should be honest and allow people access to “safe intoxicants” like cannabis, former government drugs adviser Professor David Nutt tells Channel 4 News.
As students meet on a national day of action to get #CopsOffCampus, Channel 4 News looks at the increasing anger over campus policing.
Seventeen years since Nelson Mandela’s visit to Brixton, Channel 4 News visits a primary school nearby, where students say his legacy is still being felt today.
It is almost 20 years since Nelson Mandela became the first black president of South Africa – but could his death cause the rainbow nation he created to tear apart at the seams?
The chancellor says he is scrapping employers’ national insurance contribution for under 21s from April 2015 and insists his austerity measures are working, but says the hard work is not over yet.
As a nation we undervalue education – perhaps not of our own children, but of other people’s. Yes, there are statistical issues with Pisa, but the relative direction of travel is abundantly clear.
UK teenagers are failing to keep up with youngsters in many Asian countries in reading, maths and science, according to a new OECD survey. Where has British education gone wrong?
I have to admit my “pretentious radar” was fully illuminated going into this exhibition. But it has been well and truly jammed by the work itself.
French-born artist Laure Prouvost wins the 2013 Turner Prize for contemporary art for her video installation Wantee.