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Reports on efforts made by government to encourage the selection and revival of grammar in schools. Governmental procedure implemented to achieve this goal; Expectations from the White Paper; Comments from Gillian Shephard, the Education and Employment Secretary; Characteristics of the White Paper.

The article discusses the efforts of Stephenson College in Leicestershire, England to reduce the amount of paper that it uses. It is reported that college facilities built in 2005 were designed to be paperless and that students carry memory sticks with course notes pre-loaded on them rather than notebooks or binders. The college's network manager Fraser Wright reports that even with their paper-saving efforts Stephenson College uses 1.2 million sheets of paper a year.

Focuses on issues concerning the target percentage of paper works in colleges set by the Learning and Skills Council in England. Feedback from the school heads about the issue; Consideration of the quality and quantity within the school administration; Collaboration of tasks.

An interview with primary school teacher Graham Morris of Manor Park Primary School in Coventry, England is presented. When asked about who influences him most, he refers to a teacher during his first teaching post. Morris mentions that his life would be miserable if he had not been a teacher. Furthermore, he notes the worst excuse letter he had received from a parent was written on a piece of toilet paper.

Reports the termination of bureaucracy in colleges in England. Creation of a bureaucracy-busting task force; Identification of communications failure and lack of trust in the judgement of professionals; Support of officials and ministers on the taskforce.

Reports on the implication of the advent of AS-level examinations for teachers and pupils in England. Incapability of schools to accommodate the examinees; Stress suffered by students from the increased workload; Cost of implementing the tests.

The article presents the author's views on a white paper in England which will take care of the local education authorities and children's education in the country. This white paper is about a shift of power and it will give rights of self determination to parents and communities who see their children's education as priority. They will no longer have to accept a compromise education designed to meet other people's complex agendas of geo-political and financial agendas. The white paper will also put invisible children and their families in the picture for the first time.

Reports that a student has been disqualified from an exam board and barred from taking any more for four years after selling papers to fellow sixth-formers in London, England. Investigation by Edexcel over the theft of papers from the independent Harrow Park tutorial college.

Focuses on the problems associated with the delivery of examination papers to various schools in England. Concerns over the security of test papers; Failure of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority to heed repeated requests; Validation of examination results.

Reports on the funding problems at Preston College in Lancashire, England. Issuance of a paper, photocopying, overhead transparencies and other resource ban; Plan to reduce its staff; Comment of college principal Stuart Ingleson regarding the college's cost-cutting exercise.

Reports on the arrest of a teacher for the alleged stealing of the General Certificate of Secondary Education testpapers in London, England. Investigations faced by the school; Issues over the security of examination papers; Impact of the issue on the education sector.

Presents information on `Oakland World,' a publication of a primary school in London, England. Popularity of the paper; Contents; Enthusiasm of students for the paper.

Focuses on Great Britain's Department for Education and Employment's (DFEE) White Paper on education. Number of responses the department received for its White Paper; Details on the White Paper.

The article discusses the release of documents in heavily redacted form by the Department for Education (DfE) under the Freedom of Information Act in 2017. The documents include information about the use of unofficial Office for Standards in Education report in justifying an academy transfer and the investigation of a multi-academy trust for director's payments. The DfE cited reasons for redactions to paper of headteacher board, which include withholding individuals' personal information.

Presents information on the political agenda of the England Government's third White Paper on education. Development of the pilot education and training vouchers for 16 to 19-year-olds; Opinion of Gillian Shephard, Education and Employment Secretary; Comments from Labour's training spokesman, Stephen Byers.

Looks into a report on the educational system of England for 14 to 19-year-old students. Issue on how much the proposals will cost and how funding will be allocated; Focus on five themes familiar to anyone in the educational sector; Discovery of the fact that effective partnership needs planning and hard work.

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.

Reports on the use of handmade puzzle valentine card from 1790 and a telegram announcing the sinking of Titanic to draw public attention at a museum of science and industry in Manchester, England. Exhibition of the handwritten telegram to highlight the diversity of Britain's archive collection; Other initiatives to attract public attention; Significance of the archives for the pupils.

Looks into the proposal for electronic examinations in England. Advantages of electronic exams; Number of subject items from national tests for key stages 1, 2, and 3; Views of education experts on the matter.

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.

Reports on the course of study to improve school management in London, England. Elimination of barriers to teamwork in education; Discussion of issues related to the learning process; Quality of teacher training.

Reports on the issue concerning the salary for teachers in further education and their recruitment in England. Earning powers in education; Identification of the qualifications and expertise of some teachers; Possession of higher vocational qualifications.

Reports on the media's reaction to the idea of a baccalaureate-type diploma system for England. Lambasting of the proposal as a 'confidence trick' by the 'Daily Telegraph'; Support for the proposal by 'The Guardian'; Warning on difficulties by the 'Daily Mirror.'

Relates the experience of the author as director of education in England. Strategy in planning; Importance of benchmarking; Views on the importance of targets.

Profiles George Sweeney, principal of Knowsley College in Merseyside, England. Appointment as head of an anti-bureaucracy taskforce; Visions for the organization; Support of public officials to the task force.

Presents the views of British newspapers on various issues in Great Britain. Criticism of education official David Blunkett; State of comprehensive schools in England and Wales; Establishment of a local government in Bristol, England.

Looks at the reorganization of local government in York, England. Success of reorganization in the authority; Size of the areas inspection and advisory team; Views of Rob Calvert, spokesman for the National Association of Head Teachers in York.

Looks at the range of vocational qualifications. Amount of qualifications on offer in FE; What qualifications for nannies and childcare assistants range from; Indepth look at the experiences of person as they relate to vocational qualifications.

Presents the views of various teachers at each key stage of school education, on the revised education curriculum in England. What key stage one teacher Paula Billings said on teachers' assessment; View of Margaret Usher, a key stage 2 teacher; Stage 3 Felicity Stasiak's belief that the system has been made easier; Improvements seen by stage 4 teacher, Andy Bethell.

Reports on discrepancies in the test results for key stage three competency based tests in English in England. Investigation conducted by the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority on the matter; Inadequacy of the checking procedures.

Reports on the distinction of Hereward College in Coventry, England of being the first special college to gain the British Standard 5750 award in recognition of its quality assurance. Cost of the benchmarking; Review of the process; Initiation of the review of management in 1991; Benefits of improved management systems for staff and management as well as in relationships with outside clients and suppliers.

Reports on the conference held at the Natfhe's London headquarters in England. Overview of the conference paper; Theme of the conference; Threat of the training organizations.

Reports the progress in teaching informations and communications technology (ICT) to primary school sector in England. Trends on the use of ICT among schools in the country; Effort of the Teacher Training Agency and the New Opportunities Fund to train teachers on ICT; Information on the proposal stated in the Government's Green Paper, which include national tests in ICT for all trainees. INSET: Untitled.

The article discusses the paper of Jonathan Supovitz, professor at the University of Pennsylvania, that urge the American educators to adapt the English education system. Topics include the role of school teachers to manage the student behavior within a school, the difference between the teaching model in the U.S. and Great Britain, and the effort of U.S. education team to adapt the "Teaching Leaders", a program of Great Britain education system.

Focuses on Great Britain Government's Green Paper and its effort in pushing the teaching profession and in securing high-quality initial teacher training (ITT) and continuing professional development in England. Information about the performance-related pay (PRP) in teaching profession; Views on the performance-management arrangements; Impact of the ITT to school ministers and leaders; Information on the continuing professional development of the Green Paper.

Presents information on `The Grammar Papers' which will be introduced to help teach English grammar in England. When The Grammar Papers are expected to be sent out to schools; What the survey done by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority revealed; Features of the papers.

The article reports on the paper released by the 157 Group of leading colleges in Great Britain regarding the confusion brought by the Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) labels. The paper highlights the issue raised by New College Nottingham principal Geoff Hall stating that the traditional differentiation of the FE and HE did not fits the way students perceived their studies. He adds that not all students enrolled in the HE institutions are of traditional profile of an FE student.

The article reports on the dishonesty case filed against Deputy head teacher Maureen Sullivan regarding the tainted examination papers in England. According to the General Teaching Council for England (GTC) that Sullivan was guilty of committing unacceptable professional conduct on the test papers and the failure to act on the letter sent by the exam board AQA. It also states that Sullivan is banned from teaching for three years due to the dishonesty case.

The article reports that in summer 2008, a new two tier system will be used to examine General Certificate of Secondary Education maths in England. The reaction of many to this decision has been very positive, because all students will now be able to aspire to the all-important grade C. The students, who are potential grade D candidates will gain from these new tiering arrangements. Now, the students with B/C potential will be tackling papers which are relatively difficult for them. A good thing educationally is that the foundation papers will require mastery of most of the material tested in order to gain a C grade.

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.

Reports that the Edexcel examination board in England has scaled down its trial of electronic marking of General Certificate of Secondary Education papers in 2004. Original plan of sending papers electronically to examiners for marking.

Reports on the abolition of the writing test on the key stage 3 Shakespeare paper by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in England. Improvement in the writing task on the Shakespeare paper; Assessment of the literary works of William Shakespeare through the coursework; Improvement in the system of testing the work of Shakespeare.

College student Ella Nwaokolo came out of her A-level exam knowing she had done well. After talking with friends about the Third Reich paper she felt even better, it was her strongest module and, she had made all the improvements City College Norwich, England, teachers suggested after scoring a B in her mock. So she was baffled and angry when her result came back two months later, a C overall and a U in that module. She told the college she wanted a re-mark but a combination of errors by Edexcel and the college meant her name fell off the re-mark list and her paper was destroyed before a re-mark could take place.

Reports on the mistake made by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) for sending excess key stage 3 test papers at Sneyd community school in Walsall, England. Total number of excess received by the school; Response of QCA to the blunder; Prevalence of mistakes done by QCA in delivering test papers.

Reports on Birmingham, England-based teacher Alma Evers' experience while marking test papers for the AQA examination board. Examination board's failure to provide Evers all the test papers to be marked; Apology issued by the board to Evers.

Reports on a newspaper produced by Hertfordshire primary pupils in England. Articles of the paper; Issues covered by reporters of 'Thriplow Times'; Postage of the paper to a political prisoner in Egypt and to relatives and friends of the school in other countries.

The article offers news briefs for the Great Britain area. Ted Ingram who started delivering papers since 1942 continues to do his job at the age of 90. The Trent College in Nottinghamshire, England is one of the entrants in the annual "Tough Guy" challenge, which features 100 obstacles which include jumping through fire. A Saudi Arabian student is facing fines amounting to 62,000 pounds for an array of traffic violations since 2008 and to pay 17,000 pounds for the release of his impounded 4x4.

The article presents an insight into new teaching approaches followed at primary schools in Cheshire, England, where children are given opportunity to set their own learning issues. Teachers of the schools cites that school children hate to be told things, therefore they adopted an approach in which children were made to put forward their questions which are answered in the class. Children write their question on paper and all questions are than displayed on a wall. Accordingly teachers provide them answers and design learning exercise for them.

The article recognizes the job done by John Vince as caretaker of St. Mary's CE junior school in Surrey, England for 27 years. Vince has recognized all the pupils in the school by name. He had a good relationship with the children. He has been most known on his willingness to offer help to any task such as in making sure that each classroom has a box for a recycled paper.

The article focuses on the significance of whiteboard technology, which is essential to citizenship teaching, at Whitehaven School in West Cumbria, England. Citizenship is considered an excellent subject for exploiting the interactive possibilities of whiteboards, according to the author. The coordinator of citizenship at the school, Guy Short, states that whiteboards are good for modeling how to complete tasks and pupils will be able to trial stuff before it is placed to paper. INSET: Whiteboard ideas.