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The article focuses on educational accountability in schools in Great Britain. The author agrees that teaching is an important job and accountability does matters. She comments on the idea of some sort of evidence or paper trail for every lesson one teaches, which has become exhausting and time consuming. She further observes that in trying hard to prove that the jobs are well done, the teachers are giving less time to do it well.

The article reports on the latest set of education reforms by the government, which are imagined by the system of independent state schools to leave students with problems in special needs. There are arguments that problems are due to the push to educate special needs pupils in mainstream schools have been neglected. The white paper is poorly stated if special schools can become self-governing trusts. The white paper restates the government's responsibility to comprehension.

This article focuses on the latest white paper on education in Great Britain. It is impossible to understand the latest white paper on education unless one grasps that the Labour Party is now a middle-class party. As recently as 1964, Labour Party won an election with only 20 per cent of, the middle-class vote. The white paper further downgrades local education authorities. Schools are to be given independence so that they operate much as private schools do, but without the fees. Private schools do not compete for the difficult and less able pupils.

This article reports that the world's second oldest newspaper for teachers, Russia's "Uchitelskaya Gazeta," turned 80 this week. Peter Polozhevets, editor-in-chief since 1991, when the weekly paper, like the rest of Russia, gained independence from the Communist party. The scale of problems facing teachers has changed over the decades, but if you read today's headlines you can see that all of today's challenges existed 80 years ago, the relationship between schools and religion, lack of and quality of textbooks and schools in urgent need of repairs.

Forecasts the decrease of paper-based documents in Great Britain's schools due to the growing use of electronic publications.

The article focuses on the themes of the entries to the TES New Columnists competition 2006 on educational motivation. The winner of the competition Jo Green focused on the techniques to deal with unmotivated school children. Another topic discussed in the entries is the effect of external influence on schools. Another recurrent theme of the entries is the loss of social status of teachers.

Focuses on schools offering on-screen versions of Basic and Key Skills testing in Great Britain. Improvement of results at Gateway sixth-form college in Leicester, England.

Assesses the Information Communications Technology activities of the pilot schools in Worcestershire, England. Capability of the student to create a personalized online portfolio work; Support of transfer between schools; Enhancement of the learning opportunities.

Focuses on the revision of school policies and the school improvement plan in Great Britain. Role of teachers in implementing the plans; Consideration of the learning policy for the students; Management of children in school.

Reports on school reports in Great Britain. Assessment and reporting arrangements for key stages 1, 2 and 3; Downloading of the autumn package from the Department for Education and Skill's website; Performance and assessment data which compare schools in similar circumstances.

Presents news concerning education in Great Britain, compiled as of March 31, 2000. Government's criticism of Summerhill's teaching standards; Failure of black children to secure good education; Inability of parents to cope with their children's homework.

Comments on the launching of a government survey concerning the volume of paperwork handled by school personnel in Great Britain. Burden of bureaucracy; Evaluation of efficiency in schools; Paperwork arising from inspections by the Office of Standards in Education.

Reports on Tibet's education system. Proposed establishment of a middle school for each township by the year 2000; Statistics on illiteracy presented by Gyaincain Norbu, president of the Tibetan Autonomous Region; Semi-illiteracy of Tibetan teachers.

The article offers education news briefs in Great Britain found at the magazine's online resource. Topics include the use of funding for disadvantaged pupils to meet other costs of schools, the exam board Edexcel's defence for a biology paper over student claims that the paper were lifted from an old exam, and the number of teachers who believe that primary assessment has a negative impact on their pupils. The evidence-based research as a key part of initial teacher training is also noted.

The article talks about the need to blend teaching and learning, focusing on a paper written by academic writer Ben Goldacre on it in March 2013. Topics discussed include Goldacre's opinion of having research trials in schools, the challenges in the government policy towards schools in Great Britain, and the need to implement evidence-based education in schools.

The article reports on the Great Britain's government's Green Paper on the pressing need to boost the UK's skills base which flies in the face of funding cuts to the sector. The case of funding cut of Barton Peveril Sixth FormCollege is presented and the economic and the social fallout from the funding cuts are mentioned.

An interview with primary school student Alasdair Davidson is presented. When asked about his favourite school subject, he discusses a project in environmental studies involving farming. Davidson comments on the qualities of a good teacher, a good school, and his favourite hobbies. He also notes that he would use less paper at school if possible.

The article presents tips for making the return of a teacher to work more bearable after going on a maternity or paternity leave. Topics covered include the importance of being updated with the developments at school while on leave, the benefits of reading the papers and the advantages of doing some tutoring or mark exams while on leave. It discusses how to use one's time-off from work in doing all sorts of useful activities.

The author shares his views on the need to do away with the teacher assessment system in Great Britain. The teachers have to reportedly deal with having to tick numerous boxes on paper, voluminous evidence, and the cut-offs that demarcate students into pass and fail categories based on a single punctuation mark under the moderation process. He explains how moderators fail to scrutinize the judgments and local authority fails to question the results, with no official ever caring for the process.

The article reports on the growing number of primary schools appealing against the English test results for their 11-year-olds in England. Approximately 2,850 schools sent back 15,509 individual papers and 89 schools asked for 4,561 papers to be checked as part of group reviews. There is an increase in the number of requests for individual papers to be checked by 35 percent.

The article reports on the proposal of the Members of Parliament (MP) to ban "McSchools" under changes to the white paper in Great Britain. A committee members who want to block companies such as those selling fast food or toys from managing new trust schools by Labor and Liberal Democrat Commons. External bodies, including private businesses and religious groups are allowed to appoint the majority of trust school governors under the white paper.

The article examines an education White Paper released by the government of Great Britain in 2016 that urges all schools to become independent. It also discusses a different role for parents via parents' councils, an increased push to turn low-performing schools into academies, and a role for groups setting up new schools.

Focuses on the issuance of a new guidance to schools on their feat to combating plagiarism and admitted the increasingly common practice undermined examination integrity by the Joint Council for Qualifications in Great Britain. Availability of the guidance for the students; Investigation regarding the involvement of an experienced teacher who altered answers on test papers for seven-year-olds; Sanctions for students who cheated on coursework.

The article discusses the ill condition of St Brian school in Great Britain. The school administrator says that they have to regain the trust of the community. A local paper published a story about the airgun battle that took place in Judith Crock's Year 11 class a couple of years ago. And inside there was a detailed account of the siege at the end of last term which was only ended when Roy Striper, the caretaker, shot and hospitalised school teacher Gabriel Mooney. It is reported that Ramona Lynch, a wayward Year 13 student, set up a webcam in the disused domestic science room from where she had been running a site called "Ramona's Kitchen". The images consist mainly of Ramona, wearing only a gingham pinny, demonstrating "101 things to do with an oven chip."

Examines examinations at Saint Brian. List of banned items; Assessment of examination conditions; Analysis of the examination paper.

Focuses on the Winklebury Junior's Year 6 pupils who are preparing the Winklebury Local newspaper for the TES Newspaper Day. Number of schools who are also producing papers; Assignments assigned to individual pupils; Results of the paper.

Discloses that the advisory body Local Schools Information (LSI) has launched a campaign against the British government's White Paper scheme to increase diversity in education. Government's plan to create new grammar schools; Main proposals contained in the White Paper; Contents of a leaflet published by LSI about the issue; Upcoming introduction of legislation to allow schools to select more pupils by ability.

Reports on the British government's new consultation paper on admission procedures in schools. Proposal to drop the ban on comprehensives selecting pupils on the basis of interviews; Disadvantage of using interviews; Other options contained in the consultation paper.

Presents information on the New Rush Hall school located in England, which caters to children with emotional and behavioral difficulties. Information on the school's principal John D'Abbro; Description of the school; Comment from D'Abbro; Details on the Government's Green Paper on special educational needs.

This article discusses student behavior tracking software. The software allows schools to eliminate paper-based systems of keeping up with student behavior. The software allows users to compare a student's behavior with that of their peers. The software also allows users to observe school-wide behavior trends.

The article presents a perspective on the issues regarding the reforms in the education white paper system in Great Britain. The result of the reform would give privileged families access to the best schools and denied children entry to local schools. According to the author, publicly-funded schools should not be allowed to define their own market.

Focuses on the changes made for A-levels in law and accountancy for some schools in England. Problems in previous curriculum for A-level; Criticisms for the new curriculum; Set of papers that students need to finished under the new curriculum.

Reports on the opportunity for schools to reject local careers advice services and buy their own under plans in the government green paper in Great Britain.

Reports on the inclusion of the proposal for conducting physical and emotional health examinations of students in the green paper published by the government in Great Britain. Inability of deciding on the details of how the checks would be carried out; Support of the Secondary Heads Association on the proposal; Need for schools to do more to support students' mental health.

Reports on a program that will inspect nurseries in Great Britain to raise standards and cut red tape. Aims of the Green Paper "Every Child Matters"; Introduction of self-evaluation to early-years inspection; Assessment of state-funded nursery education.

Reports on a call for frequent but shorter and sharper school inspection in Great Britain. Consultation paper launched for school inspectors.

Explains ways for school governors in Great Britain to adopt a legally required action to reconstitute a school's leadership structure. Suggestion to circulate a paper to set out issues and options; Additional approvals needed by voluntary and educational schools.

The article comments on the article, "Schools Without Teachers," and opinion piece "Crazed and Confused," that appeared in the December 5, 2003 issue of the journal "TES." Previously, the National Union of Teachers might have described the school workforce agreement as the road to hell, paved with good intentions, now, it just looks like the road to heIl. No one should be fooled by Great Britain Department for Education and Skills's claim that its blue skies paper was produced without the authority or knowledge of ministers.

The article author comments on the proposal for schools without teachers in Great Britain. Under the new rules, only the head teacher would be required to have qualified teacher status. Only the head teacher need be permanently employed. The repeated reassurances of ministers that classroom assistants would only take responsibility for classes under the supervision of qualified teachers is exposed as completely hollow. The paper which has made the suggestion is not official policy - or not yet anyway. But it dearly signals aims within the Department for Education and Skills which go way beyond what even the National Union of Teachers warned of when it rejected the workload agreement.

Reports the apprehension on the implementation of Green Paper in curriculum of British schools. Advantages of matriculation diploma; Emphasis on competence in the basics in intermediate diploma; Loopholes of the educational program imposed by the government.

Reports on news and developments concerning education in Great Britain for the week previous to July 20, 2001. Controversy over Iain Duncan Smith's approval of the Dutch education system where schools are voluntary, private and non-profit making; Conservative party candidate Michael Portillo's mistake of honestly answering a question about the future of Section 28 that prevents local authorities from promoting homosexuality in schools; Delay in the publication of the White Paper on education.

Highlights science teacher Merlin Southwell's search for a sponsor for his proposed self-sustaining school in Great Britain. Opportunity for pupils to grow their own food; Manufacturing of ink and paper for use in classes within the school premises; Artisans and business people's sharing of their expertise with the pupils.

Comments on the absence of a parental ballot on the selection of schools to become specialists in Great Britain. View on the Green Paper program for educational change; Constant need to raise education standard; Efforts of the government to change educational status.

Focuses on the role of education councils in British schools. Launching of a government paper that outlines education councils' reduced role in schools; Recommendation for increased delegation of funds to schools; Overview on some functions served by education councils in schools.

Deals with the increasing number of documents received by school councils from education ministers in Great Britain. Impact of the correspondence on local education authority; Number of guidance, regulations, consultation papers and request for data sent by the Department for Education and Employment to councils.

Opposes the proposal of the Green Paper on the School Performance Award Scheme in Great Britain. Awards given to schools for making improvements; Level achieved by children in primary schools; Physical condition of schools.

States that local councils in Great Britain are mandated by the Department for Education and Employment to show copies of consultation papers that they issued to schools. Necessity for local councils to consult schools; Explanations from David Blunkett, secretary of education.

Focuses on the paper entitled `Moving Ahead,' by Don Foster, education spokesperson of the Liberal Democrats in England. Information on the Neighborhood Schools Trusts, the flagship policy of the Liberal Democrats; Discussion on his proposal to create a single type of school; Oppositions to the proposal. INSET: Main proposals in `moving ahead'.

Focuses on a discussion paper published by the Royal Society of Arts suggesting British schools stay open year round. The report by Valerie Bayliss, former head of youth and education policy at the Department for Education and Employment; Ideas to change Britain's education system, such as teachers working shifts and pupils arranging their attendance within a framework; Compulsory schooling to include distance learning and online contact between school and home.

Reports on the 1998 school admissions guidance paper in Great Britain that will provide information on the government's proposals until the School Standards and Framework Bill comes into effect. Outline of the government's proposals for local forums of admissions authorities among other topics; Separate annexes covering good practice and other issues; Guidelines for children of parents who are temporarily in Great Britain.