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The article focuses on the process behind the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examination. It mentions role of examination boards towards printing of an examination paper. It presents the views of Tricia Brennan, director of delivery at the AQA exams board, on the need to reach printing, distribution and sitting of the examination papers.

Opinion. Discusses the White Paper on lifelong learning. Views of Bob Fryer, author of the paper; Reference to the White Paper being scheduled for January 1998; Information on the dismissal of the White Paper.

The article presents information on a study in which the author asked students, families and teachers in Great Britain if homework caused stress. It is noted that all agreed that homework caused stress and students from the highest-achieving schools thought that they received too much homework. The author observes that this might be because schools are putting more pressure on their students to achieve.

Reports that David Blunkett is set to publish his White Paper which will revolutionize post-16 education and training in Great Britain. Role of Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers; Emphasis on an integrated policy across the sector; Working title of the proposed over-arching funding body.

The article focuses on the concerns of British examination boards about social media backlash if they set harder test questions for students. Topics include sensitivity of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) to social media complaints and predictable examination questions that lack challenges in familiar and unfamiliar contexts. Also noted are regulatory requirements on limiting marks.

The article presents information on the British institute Ofquals' plan to grade exams based on their value for money. Other topics mentioned in this article include examination fees in Great Britain, the British education system and possible reforms, as well as the General Certificate of Secondary Education examination (GCSE).

The article focuses on the far-reaching skills white paper titled "Skills for Growth" issued by the Great Britain government that concerns higher education and learning providers in great Britain. Under the proposals made in the paper, three-quarters of people should have participated in HE or have completed an advanced apprenticeship or equivalent technician-level course by the time they are 30 years of age. The paper has set up a 75% target for further and higher education.

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.

The article reports on warnings being given by Labour Party members in concern with the white paper released by the British government. A coalition of interests in the Parliamentary Labour Party is uniting against the paper and its proposed structural change education with new independent state schools and an end to local authorities' role as providers. The news came as an influential group of educationists castigated the Government for repeatedly introducing policies which were not properly evaluated, arguing that short-term political perspectives were driving policy-making.

The article reports that backbenchers, ex-ministers and Estelle Morris, a former education secretary in Great Britain are opposing the government's white paper on education. They claim that the legislation for setting up independent trust schools would not be in favor of disadvantaged pupils. The ministers suggest that local authorities be given the power to stop schools expanding. According to the British Humanist Association trust schools would lead to segregation and sectarianism in education.

Focuses on the dismissal of the White Paper `The Learning Age: Towards a Learning Revolution for the 21st Century.' Proposed aims of the paper; Reason the paper was dismissed; Comments from Don Foster, Liberal Democrat education spokesman.

Reports that the Department of Education in Great Britain will allow all A-level students to see their marked examination papers. Details on the initiative announced by Education Secretary David Blunkett; Purpose of the proposed scheme.

The author, a British teacher, describes her attempt to relax and enjoy her summer holiday by reading a newspaper under the shade of a tree. She notes that the news is not relaxing, and that she finds it impossible to avoid news about education. She wonders about the possible effects of the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, created by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. She contemplates the true aims of education.

The article provides advice to educators in the British job market, with a focus on beginning teachers. She warns job seekers to read instructions carefully and follow them completely. She explains how to respond to requests for a Department of Education and Skills teacher reference number when the applicant does not yet have one. Advice on obtaining references, emailing resumes and applications, and noting special interests is included.

The article addresses the way in which examinations in Great Britain are graded. The author suggests that grading may be based on the educational experience of the reviewer. An unidentified educator is cited as saying that grades are based on school categorization. The author also provides a hypothetical situation wherein "Ukrainian Assessment Solutions Ltd." provides grading services. The author questions the logic behind the evaluation system for examinations.

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 the reduction in the amount of information demanded from colleges in Great Britain. Functions on the taskforce on college information gathering; Reasons in the requests for information; Initiative to lessen bureaucracy.

Cites several published articles about education in Great Britain. `Mail on Sunday's article about the General Teaching Council's issuance of a draft `code of practice' which tells teachers what opinions they should have; `Sunday Times' article about the British government's strategy to encourage religious schools on grounds that Muslims deserve the same treatment as Catholics or the Church of England.

Presents education issues discussed in various periodicals published in Great Britain as of May 25, 2001. Stand of Liberal Democratic Party on education; Observation on the Labour government's obsession over the economics of education and its indifference to human beings.

Presents excerpts of articles about education published in newspapers in Great Britain during the week of May 18, 2001.

Presents excerpts from various British newspapers focused on education compiled as of April 27, 2001. Duty of citizenship courses of reminding the youth of the ideals and sacrifices that have made present broad-mindedness possible; Stand of the government on education standards; Issue of the value of inspection reports in assessing whether schools have good standards of teaching and discipline.

Presents newspaper articles about education in Great Britain, released as of April 13, 2001. Improvements in pupil-teacher ratio in secondary schools; Major duties of headteachers; Tuberculosis outbreak at a school in Leicester, England.

Presents excerpts of articles about education, from selected newspapers in Great Britain.

Presents excerpts on teaching-related news and opinion published by British newspapers as of March 16, 2001. Call on teachers to stop their industrial action against covering for absent colleagues; Unionization of teachers; Impact of unions on the teaching crisis in Great Britain.

Presents the views of newspapers in Great Britain on the Labor government's policy toward education. Insufficiency of the pay increase for teachers according to 'The Mirror'; Irony in the increase according to the 'Daily Express'; Use of creeping selection as method for admitting students in specialist schools.

Focuses on Great Britain-based newspapers' views about education-related issues.

Focuses on newspaper articles dealing with education issues in Great Britain.

Focuses on Great Britain-based newspapers' comments about education issues in the country.

Focuses on the optimism of the British government that home-school agreements will improve relationships between parents and schools. Results of a national study which reveals that home-school agreements have little effect on British education; Impact of such type of schooling arrangement on British education; Example of how such agreement can be used positively as a process rather than a mere product.

Presents excerpts from newspaper reports and commentaries concerning British education. Claim that public schools teach deceit; Quality of British education; Insufficiency of teacher salaries to attract graduates.

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.

Features the opinions of three newspapers on issues surrounding education in Great Britain as of March 24, 2000. Views of `The Sunday Times' on the status of Fresh Start schools; Opinion on `The Daily Telegraph' on the rules for sex education; Views of `People' on sexual ethics lessons for children.

Presents the views of various newspapers in Great Britain which are of relevance to education. `Daily Mail,' on the care of abused children in social welfare facilities; `The Independent,' on childcare services; `New Statesman,' on a proposed education system.

Presents newspaper and periodicals and their views on education issues in Great Britain as of February 18, 2000. `The Spectator'; `The Western Mail'; `The Daily Telegraph.'

Presents newspaper articles which dealt with issues regarding education in Great Britain as of December 10, 1999. Remarks on the initiative of London, England's Islington local education authority of paying pupils to do their homework; Call for improvements and innovations in ways of teaching; Views on sex education in schools and the law on bullying.

Focuses on education-related issues in Great Britain, taken from different newspapers. Contention that failures in education cannot be blamed on parents; Views that bright pupils will do just as well at comprehensive schools; Article which contends that the army is right to recruit young offender.

Reports that the former head of the judiciary in England and Wales, Lord Mackay of Clashfern has questioned the legality of a Government-inspired pilot to return marked exam scripts to schools. Purpose of the return of exam scripts; Statement from the former Lord Chancellor on the legal implications of the move.

Explains why a former teacher in Great Britain is relived to be quitting the further education system after 25 years of service. How department heads of further education colleges treat their lecturers;Level of efficiency of the system.

Reports that Great Britain's Office for Standards in Education inspection head, Mike Tomlinson has criticized the government's science curriculum review. Comments from a spokesman for the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA); Factors affecting science and information technology.

Questions if educators are achieving effectiveness or creating an effect in managing their institutions. What policies, prospectuses, development plans and league tables may be concealing; Achievements of effectiveness; What must be done to be effective; Ultimate measure of effectiveness.

Reflects on the education sector in Great Britain. Recalling the 1989 science curriculum; Use of OFSTED documents by people in education; Improvements needed.

The article presents a timeline of developments of the publication of "Times Educational Supplement" (TES) and other educational issues in Great Britain from 1910-2010. In 1913, the TES became a separate paper from "The Times" that amounted to 1 dollar and it was at the same time when World War started. TES had increased its priced to 4 dollars in 1951. In 1964, the Ministry of Education was changed to Department of Education and Science (DES) and TES Scotland was also launched.

The article offers information on the education white paper of the government of Wales which focus on raising the educational standards. It states that the proposed legislation included in the white paper allow for local authorities to intervene in the school. It mentions that teachers unions warned that head teachers must not be blamed on the performance of the school. It says that the report from Estyn on the deteriorating state of the education in Great Britain contributes to the white paper.

The article presents the author's views on the British government's White Paper which includes the plan to transform all schools into academies by 2022. The plan is reportedly a large structural change in the educational system's history, however it has overshadowed the paper's wider strategic shift. Also examined is the lack of support for headteachers which is creating uncertainty among them.

The article focuses on the grading of school papers in Great Britain. It explains that the National Assessment Agency (NAA) promised teachers to have the papers marked by July 8, 2008, but that the deadline may not be reachable. The marking was taken over by the company Educational Testing Service (ETS) from the U.S., and the results of that service are examined.

The article discusses how a focus on social mobility inevitably emphasizes the selective function of education in Great Britain. Topics discussed include plans of Education Select Committee chair Robert Halfon to promote social mobility; British political leadership's efforts for Improving social mobility; and the Economic and Social Research Council's briefing paper "Education Vital for Social Mobility."

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.

The article reports on the education white paper "The Importance of Teaching," which is released by British Education Secretary Michael Gove in 2010. The white paper talks about the reform to the educational system in the country. It claims that England fails to keep pace with the best performing countries worldwide. It also indicates that a new generation of teaching schools will be based by the Department for Education (DfE) on the model of teaching hospitals.

The author reflects on the British government's white paper "The Importance of Teaching," which is released in 2010. He asserts that the white paper talks about the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED), sixth-forms, school improvement, school funding, among others. He says that the paper also mentions several education-related issues including over-regulated schools and gap between poor and rich pupils. He claims that the paper is an attempt to balance autonomy with accountability.

The article focuses on the evaluation of test examiners in Great Britain. It explains that the organization Cambridge Assessment asked the graders to mark history and physics papers that had previously been marked and only one third of them matched the original scores. Information about the difficulty of grading papers in history relative to grading those in physics is also provided.