Search results for ‘Education’
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Labour and the Tories draw the battle lines over education
Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt says people “will be shocked” that the Tories “would cut schools budget”. Schools minister Nick Gibb says he “doesn’t understand” why Hunt opposes academies.
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Have Gove’s education measures been ‘watered down?’
Cathy Newman tests education minister Nick Gibb on his numeracy, after Nicky Morgan proposed new measures for schoolchildren. He denies that plans for more rigorous testing have been “watered down”.
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FactCheck: when can you leave education?
Most teenagers who got their GCSE results today have been told they must stay in education or training until they are 18. But what if they refuse?
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Is Gove in hot water over traditional education?
Education Secretary Michael Gove attends a debate on his reforms at the historic Wellington college in Berkshire as he comes under fire on all fronts.
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Should religion and state education be kept separate?
In a fiery Channel 4 News debate on an alleged Muslim “plot” to take over Birmingham schools, Labour MP Khalid Mahmood says “you have got to keep education secular” – but what do you think?
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Education would allow users rational choice on ‘legal highs’
We should be honest and allow people access to “safe intoxicants” like cannabis, former government drugs adviser Professor David Nutt tells Channel 4 News.
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Low marks: report shows UK education is lagging behind
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?
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MP calls for compulsory sex education
As a major report reveals some worrying attitudes to sex among teenagers, Channel 4 News discusses the findings with MP Luciana Berger and Laurie Penny.
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Tristram Hunt: free schools put education at risk
Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt says the Al-Madinah controversy shows the government’s free schools policy is a “free market experiment” that puts the stability of pupils at risk.
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Schools accused of reviving anti-gay sex education policies
Forty five schools across England and Wales, including 19 academies, are accused of having sex education policies that revive defunct laws discriminating against homosexuals.
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Chilean students clash with police over education
Brazil is not the only Latin American country experiencing civil unrest. Students have clashed with the police in Chile as they take to the streets to demand educational reform.
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Heads have ‘no confidence’ in education policies
Headteachers pass a vote of no confidence in the government’s education policies and say many of Michael Gove’s reforms are “not in the best interests of children”.
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Education secretary clashes with headteachers
Michael Gove faces the wrath of headteachers over the state of the education system, just hours after they passed a vote of no confidence in the government’s school reforms.
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Abuse scandals: Britain’s elite music education in crisis
As a Channel 4 News investigation implicates all five of Britain’s music schools in a sex scandal, the elite music world reels – with former pupils, teachers and professionals calling for an inquiry.
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Govt announces vocational education overhaul
As an overhaul of vocational education promises new hope for teenagers, the general secretary of the ASCL tells Channel 4 News lessons must be learned from Labour’s flagship diplomas.