'Growing gap' in pupils' reading
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Education inspectors want "urgent action" to close a widening gap in primary school reading standards.
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Schools lag behind much of society in using technology, but students are seeing benefits and clamoring for more access to computers, the government says.
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Government exceeds target of increasing the number of pupils achieving at least five A* to C grades in their GCSEs.
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There is a warning that independent schools are stretching their lead among A-level students.
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I nside Ashley Manning's freshman English classroom, books line the shelves. "To Kill a Mockingbird," "Native Son" and something out of the "Junie B. Jones" series for elementary-schoolers. Her challenge is to raise reading levels by two years.
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People in the UK have been reading more - despite or perhaps because of busier lives, a study says.
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Â· Schools in disadvantaged areas progressing most Â· Too few pupils get good grades, say critics
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Children from the most deprived areas of England are falling further behind in school achievement.
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For the first time, an international study is showing the gap between top and bottom students appears to be closing. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study assesses students in 25 countries
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Pupils prefer active learning with real-life relevance, a review of research studies suggests.
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Talking to youngsters in the language of text could increase their access to services.
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Black ethnic minority pupils are still outperformed by their white classmates but continue to narrow the gap.
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The number of schools in England judged to be failing has risen slightly, education inspectors say.
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The number of gifted and talented pupils in secondary schools is to be included in league tables in England.
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U.S. eighth-graders are gaining on their peers across the globe in science and math, but fourth-graders are being passed as their test scores remain stagnant, according to an international review of school performance.
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Half of Army recruits have the literacy or numeracy skills of children leaving primary school.
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Compared with peers in traditional public schools, fourth-graders in charter schools do as well in reading but worse in math, a pilot government study says.