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The article outlines the government plans for the introduction of school report cards which will classify every primary and secondary school with a single grade in Great Britain. The government suggested that the report cards should be launched for a wide range of areas. However, it is still unclear how the cards will be administered. The government is also expected to introduce legislation giving teachers more power to keep order in the classroom.

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.

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.

The article focuses on project which was funded by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and tested a metacognitive strategy for writing found an estimated nine months' additional progress for pupils who took part. Topics include reports that Michelle Ellefson, a reader in cognitive science at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education, whose current research projects focus on the role of executive functions in school achievement was one of six authors on the paper.

The article comments on a research paper on the teachers' instinct that pupils succeed more when they are taught at a level that is just one step beyond the knowledge with which they are comfortable, which references a study by Robert Wilson et al., published in an issue of "Nature Communications". Topics discussed include the use of machine learning in the study, and the difference between machine learning and human learning.

The article reports on the implication of the Standard Attainment Tests (Sats) to the return of test papers to schools in Great Britain. It notes that strict quality control in the key stage 2 English Sats marking could cause delay on the return of the papers to schools. Survey shows that 30 percent more than the required markers are recruited. It points out that there are an additional reserve markers to allow for the expected drop-outs during standardization.

This article presents an editorial by the author who submitted a green paper called "Care Matters" to the government in the United Kingdom about proposals for changing the education of children in foster care. The paper highlights the problems that foster children face and proposals that can help lead them to better academic achievement.

The article focuses on changes which are being seen in the British educational system regarding the use of tutors and A- level papers. Tutors will be given the power to make offers conditional on students' performance in individual A- level papers, because of the difficulty of having to choose between candidates with multiple A grades.

The article offers information on technical education services. Topics discussed include provision of details related to technical education under the Green Paper; comparison of different academic education approaches with technical education such as the vocational education; and recommendation for adoption of different services such as curriculum development along with teaching modes.

The article discusses the highlights of a research paper published in the "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology" to show that students' grittiness has less effect on the academic performance or success of students according to academics from Iowa State University. Topics covered include the definition of the term grit according to University of Pennsylvania psychologist Angela Duckworth, the pros and cons of students' grittiness, and the use of grit to determine academic success.

The author reflects on plans and strategies for handling institutional failure, focusing on the impact of institutions exiting the market on both students and alumni, the city or region and the reputation of British higher education as a whole. He discusses the White Paper which represent the logical conclusion of free market philosophy, recommending student protection plan to ensure that students continue to achieve their academic outcomes in the event of institutional failures.

The article provides information on how to ensure good results from an examination. The teacher must inform the students about the type of questions that will be on the paper and what is expected from each one in order to gain full marks. The author also discusses the ways on how to build up confidence by starting with easier exam questions and peer or self-assessment.

The author discusses the case for more collaborative work in the arts. He points out that collaborative research projects in the sciences are the norm with the whole team getting the credit when the results are published. He indicates that four like-minded authors in the arts who agreed on a project of work can co-author four papers together in good faith and have the reference return of each sorted. He suggests for a collaborative and conversational process to achieve academic excellence.

The article reports on the findings of the study on the reliability of on-screen marking of essay examinations conducted by Cambridge Assessment in Cambridge, England. The study found out that despite the stressful procedure of electronic assessment, it is considered as a reliable test similar to paper-based assessment. The researchers suggest that there is a need for further studies to determine extra effort employed in electronic assessment will lead to inconsistency. INSET: On the mark.

In this article the author discusses the controversy over selection within schools in Great Britain. He is critical of the selection process which occurs between students and into different schools and believes that all students would benefit if schools chose them solely on academic achievement at the age of 14. Also investigated are the Black Papers which were issued in the year 1969.

This article presents an editorial on the education of children in foster care in the United Kingdom. The government put out a green paper called "Care Matters," which offered a few solutions about ensuring the quality of education given to children in care. But the author writes that there has been little done in regards to other educational authorities, despite promises made. The author also notes the lack of focus on foster children who go on to university studies.

The article reports that the British government is planning for training and support for foster carers in Great Britain. The plan is intended to bridge the gap between the educational achievement of children in care and their peers. The government has also planned to publish a green paper on extra support for looked-after children in school and improvements in social services. British Prime Minister Tony Blair emphasized on the need to do more to raise the achievement of children in care.

Reports that parents should be able to speed up the closure of failing schools and set up their own schools in Great Britain, according to a government white paper. Possibility that ministers will consider the idea of opening schools in shopping centers or office buildings as part of plans to make it easier for parents, businesses and others to set up schools; Failure to cut the achievement gap between children from rich and poor families; Popular schools expansion program.

Reports on the increasing number of school children are resitting AS-level papers in their desperation to gain the marks they need to enter university in Great Britain. Intensification of competition for places at the best universities; Introduction of student top-up fees from September; Improvement of A-level results annually.

Discusses a research unveiled by British children's minister Margaret Hodge which indicated that letting teenagers hang out with friends in their spare time has a worse impact on their school results than sitting them at home in front of the television. Plans included in the forthcoming youth Green Paper to ensure that young people had more structured out-of-school activities; Details of research carried out by London university's institute of education, which looked at impact that youth activities had on young people born in 1970.

Looks into the modified test papers provided for pupils with special assessment needs in Great Britain. Use of personal names and pictures to help convey the story presented as questions; Discussion of the trial made on the response of students on two versions of the same question; Effort made by teachers to widen their teaching approach to students.

It is sometimes easy to forget what extraordinary events academic conferences can be. Ayako Yoshino, an English literature PhD. student at Cambridge University, remembers the first major conference she attended as an overwhelming experience. Fraternisation between sections is part of the point of the big conferences, and it makes some conferences more of a vital fixture on the academic calendar than others. For humanities academics, the Modern Language Association, is the major global conference of the year. Held just after Christmas, it is now seeking papers for its 2004 convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Reports on the changes implemented by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) to improve markers' accuracy in Great Britain. Introduction of a Shakespeare paper at key stage 3 level; Agreement of the QCA to the academic achievement in English among primary students; Response to the complaints about clerical errors.

Focuses on a study by Jane Hemsley-Brown and Nick Foskett, which suggests that young people think they will get much better results at general certificate of secondary education than they actually do. Major differences between career choices when comparing ethnic groups in Great Britain; Presentation of paper to the British Educational Research Association's annual conference.

Discusses issues and developments in education in Great Britain as of September 22, 2000. Test results of 11-year old students; Closure of hundreds of schools in the aftermath of the blockade of oil refineries by farmers and truckers; Problems in the launch of the Green Paper on Council Funding; Poll results showing that people believe that teachers deserve more respect than they get.

Reports on the Association of Teachers and Lecturers' issuance of a policy paper outlining a national, flexible framework for academic qualifications for 14 to 19-year-olds.