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BBC News - Education & Family
The latest stories from the Education & Family section of the BBC News web site.
Visa changes could see the UK's top universities and schools lose their appeal to international students, says a report.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 6:00 pm
Kevin Bridges has re-visited the people and places that have influenced his stand up material in his latest project, a six-part television series What's The Story.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 5:12 pm
Private companies should be encouraged to take over and run state schools as profit-making enterprises under a "John Lewis-style" business model, a think tank suggests.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 3:03 pm
A charity says its work-placement networks, including job fairs in churches and mosques, are more effective than private contractors paid by taxpayers.
Posted: February 22, 2012, 8:56 am
The funding of religious education in UK state schools is "frighteningly dependent" on the head teacher's personal stance, research suggests.
Posted: February 21, 2012, 8:27 pm
Malaysian officials order book shops to stop selling a sex education book by British author Peter Mayle.
Posted: February 21, 2012, 4:11 pm
Concerns are raised over changes to the exam result appeal process which are due to take place as new qualifications are introduced.
Posted: February 21, 2012, 3:56 pm
The Duchess of Cambridge visits schools in Oxford, where one of the charities she supports runs classes for children with behavioural problems.
Posted: February 21, 2012, 3:43 pm
Former Haringey children's services director Sharon Shoesmith gives her support to two of Baby Peter's social workers who claim they were unfairly sacked.
Posted: February 21, 2012, 3:16 pm
Dominic Boddington explains why he runs a social enterprise that provides alternative education for teenagers in Norwich.
Posted: February 21, 2012, 2:18 pm
Firms and charities are to be offered a payment-by-results scheme to try to get 55,000 "Neet" teenagers in England into work, education or training.
Posted: February 21, 2012, 12:15 pm
Labour education spokesman Stephen Twigg is calling for the creation of an independent office to raise standards in education in England.
Posted: February 21, 2012, 11:37 am
How hard is it to learn 18 languages?
Posted: February 21, 2012, 11:29 am
The Catholic church in Londonderry is proposing to end single sex schools and phase out academic selection.
Posted: February 21, 2012, 8:09 am
Les Ebdon has been formally announced as head of the university fair access body - despite opposition from MPs on the committee scrutinising his appointment.
Posted: February 20, 2012, 4:18 pm
The introduction of primary school performance bands has been delayed until 2014, the Welsh government announces.
Posted: February 20, 2012, 3:49 pm
The National Association of Head Teachers general secretary suggested a change to school holidays with regional variations - with more but shorter breaks spread through the year.
Posted: February 20, 2012, 2:38 pm
Unions representing public sector workers are appealing against a legal decision about how pensions are protected against inflation.
Posted: February 20, 2012, 10:55 am
Two 17-year-olds lose much of their legal battle against the raising of tuition fees in England, in which they claimed a human rights breach.
Posted: February 17, 2012, 12:45 pm
Religious education in schools in England is important and should be protected according to a newly formed group of MPs.
Posted: February 17, 2012, 5:54 am
A London university is facing a £6m fine for recruiting 1,500 more UK undergraduates than it was meant to.
Posted: February 17, 2012, 2:57 am
A food campaigner claims the government and schools are sending a confusing message to parents eligible to register their children for free school meals.
Posted: February 16, 2012, 4:48 pm
Plans to impose penalties on students who pay off university loans early are to be abandoned, the government is expected to announce next week.
Posted: February 16, 2012, 12:52 pm
Schools in England which fail inspections usually go on to improve, a study suggests.
Posted: February 16, 2012, 2:44 am
The Home Office says it is prepared to review how trafficked children are looked after when they are rescued in the UK.
Posted: February 15, 2012, 10:30 pm
London has come second, beaten only by Paris, in a ranking of the world's best cities for students.
Posted: February 15, 2012, 9:28 am
Teenagers in England are eating less fatty food and more vegetables than previous generations but some are skipping meals to lose weight, according to research.
Posted: February 15, 2012, 9:24 am
How decisions are made about taking children into care
Posted: February 13, 2012, 9:03 am
The head teacher who criticised multiculturalism
Posted: February 10, 2012, 1:42 am
The number of children referred into care in England hits a record high, after rising steadily in the years since the Baby P case.
Posted: February 9, 2012, 9:06 am
UK parents should be able to spread the cost of childcare over as many as 20 years, according to a think tank.
Posted: February 8, 2012, 3:38 pm
How do we keep our web-savvy children safe online?
Posted: February 7, 2012, 12:26 am
How letting children cook helps them eat better
Posted: February 5, 2012, 12:53 am
The parents looking to exchange their student child for yours
Posted: February 4, 2012, 1:17 am
A college plans a new course devoted entirely to taking photographs on the iPhone
Posted: February 3, 2012, 12:39 pm
From May all inspections of child protection services will be unannounced and last two weeks.
Posted: January 31, 2012, 12:08 am
It may be possible to detect autism at a much earlier age than previously thought, say researchers.
Posted: January 27, 2012, 12:01 am
US universities are facing a surge in interest from students in the UK. A leading independent school predicts one in four pupils will enrol there.
Posted: December 1, 2011, 12:40 pm
Looking at the biggest classroom in the world
Posted: November 23, 2011, 11:37 am
One in three of the children around the world who do not have access to primary education have a disability, suggests research from the Sightsavers charity.
Posted: November 18, 2011, 6:27 pm
First global education laureate's fairness challenge
Posted: November 9, 2011, 12:03 am
New York's pioneering plan to re-invent the school
Posted: October 25, 2011, 11:34 pm
Switch on your textbooks - they're going digital
Posted: October 18, 2011, 11:00 pm
How China has overtaken everyone in the school race
Posted: October 11, 2011, 11:05 pm
What difference can building design make to the quality of education?
Posted: October 4, 2011, 11:30 pm
Knowledge is power - economic power - and there's a scramble for that power taking place around the globe.
Posted: September 28, 2011, 11:04 am
