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May to start on a cool note
With the days getting longer and the sun climbing higher in the sky, thoughts are no doubt turning to what kind of summer we’ll have this year.
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White working-class pupils perform worse in their GCSEs than any other ethnic group. Now a new report from MPs says that a longer school day will help improve their academic results.
Education watchdog Ofsted says a culture of fear and intimidation has developed at some Birmingham schools inspected following claims of a hardline Muslim plot.
Martin Hadfield’s parents put the 20-year-old’s suicide down to his struggle to find a job. He is not alone, and The Samaritans say there is a lack of “safety net” after this recession.
Ethnic minorities will make up a third of the population by the middle of the century, but politicians should stop treating them as a single group, says a new report.
With the days getting longer and the sun climbing higher in the sky, thoughts are no doubt turning to what kind of summer we’ll have this year.
Millie Knight, who carried the union jack at the Sochi Paralympics opening, is just 15, so taking part in skiing events for the visually impaired will give vital experience ahead of the 2018 Games.
With still over a year until the election, the party spin machines are already cranking up, with the Lib Dems lobbing a very dodgy delivery at Labour.
With more than 500,000 children learning which secondary school they are going to in September, Channel 4 News asks: did you get a place at your first choice school?
Education Secretary Michael Gove says he will break down the “Berlin wall” between state and private schools, as a row over Ofsted’s leadership continues.
Lucy Broomfield, who turned 14 the week Northern Rock collapsed, writes for Channel 4 News about growing up in austerity-hit Britain.
Children from the poorest families in the UK are “failing before they’ve even started in life”, Save the Children says – with seven-year-old pupils falling irretrievably behind their wealthier peers.
A school in Lancashire bars two Muslim schoolboys from classes because they will not shave off their beards. Should school uniform rules be respected – or is this a step too far?
The Chief Inspector of Schools Sir Michael Wilshaw accuses private institutions of offering the state sector “crumbs off their tables”.
Tourism is Cumbria’s lifeline but how are local people faring after a deep recession and is there enough there to keep young talent at home? #c4newspopup in the Lake District.
David Cameron hails the new curriculum as a “revolution” in education. But school leaders warn of an emphasis on memory learning rather than skills, amid accusations of “personal prejudice”.