Youngsters are less likely to succeed at school if their mothers return to work within a year of their birth, according to a major study.
Children do better in school if their mother stays home for the first year
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
Children from broken homes ‘twice as likely to be disruptive’
Friday, October 15th, 2010Children from broken homes are twice as likely to develop serious behavioural problems, according to one of the biggest ever studies of British youngsters.
Students hit with double whammy as universities push for higher fees and dearer loans
Thursday, October 7th, 2010Students face a double whammy of hikes on both fees and interest rates on loans under a blueprint unveiled by universities today.
Grammar for graduates: Building society hires teacher to improve recruits’ written English
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010Bosses at a building society are so concerned about workers’ written English that they are giving them grammar lessons, it has emerged.
Now teachers threaten strikes in return to 1970s militancy
Friday, September 17th, 2010Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, warns that mass walk-outs which could affect millions of pupils may be staged by the end of the current school year.
Up to 750,000 ‘special needs’ pupils are just badly taught
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010Schools are diagnosing conditions such as ‘behavioural, emotional and social problems’ to massage unfavourable league table ratings, according to inspectors.
Up to 750,000 ‘special needs’ pupils are just badly taught
Tuesday, September 14th, 2010Schools have wrongly labelled as many as 750,000 children as having special needs to cover up poor teaching, a damning Ofsted report warns today.
A lesson from India: Primary pupils given maths tuition… by teachers 4,000 miles away
Friday, September 10th, 2010The company behind the service expects more schools to follow suit as the public spending squeeze takes hold. The graduates from India are cheaper than home-grown teachers.
