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Reports on British National Heritage Secretary Stephen Dorell's disclosure of the government's policy on school sports at the Recman leisure conference in Birmingham, England. Issuance of a White Paper on the topic in the summer of 1995; Emphasis on the importance of putting sports back into school life; Results of a survey conducted by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys for the Sports Council.

Cites a survey suggesting that English teachers are not happy about compulsory Shakespeare papers for 14-year-olds and do not like the style of test. Difficulty of pupils in working out what they were required to do.

Reports that Europe will be included as a field of study in A-level syllabuses in Great Britain, commencing in Spring, 1995. Exam boards as requiring compulsory papers on Europe.

Reports on the criticism on the tests in the General National Vocational Qualifications science pilot. Remarks by Colin Butler, head of the science school at Coventry Technical College; Reason for the failure of the best students of Coventry Technical College; Number of sheets of paper for recording student's work produced by the Royal Society of Arts; Rating of the cost of GNVQ in terms of staffing.

Focuses on the papers about National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ) in Great Britain. Imposition of `competency' approach on the training of the teaching profession; Gems in the NVQ-style teaching certificates for teachers in further and adult education.

Opinion. Discusses the Association of Metropolitan Authorities' (AMA) consultation paper on the future of local management in schools in Great Britain. Effects of Kenneth Baker's Education Reform Act.

Reports on the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority (SCAA) of Great Britain's agreement to an alternative way of ranking schools. Plans to set up a trial of three value-added models which will compare pupils' examination results; Rejection of social factors in the value-added models; Expectation that Education Secretary Gillian Shepard will approve a paper recommending a value-added school trial.

Reports on British headteacher Kathryn Heaps' call for other headteachers to challenge unexpectedly poor examination grades after her school's GCSE papers were re-marked.

Reports on the decline of English and English literature test scores in Great Britain. Changes in procedures; Effects of tiered papers on assessment accuracy; Changes in examination forms.

Discusses the Labor Party's launching of its education `white paper.' Involvement of school heads, parents and governors in running their own budgets and managing their schools; Version of community responsiveness and democracy; Tony Blair's views on public interest.

Reports on the conference of delegates from the business, training and education fields, in London, to discuss the scheme proposed by the May 1994 White Paper on competitiveness. View of Tim Boswell on what can help persuade young people to stay on in education.

Describes paper back books in Great Britain. `The Ern Malley Affair,' by Michael Heyward; `After the War,' by D.J. Taylor; `The Unknown Orwell' and `Orwell: The Transformation,' by Peter Stansky and William Abrahams; `Hanging On,' by Frances Partridge; `Good Manners,' by Nigel Rees.

Comments on a position paper on education released by the British Labour Party. Development of a parity of esteem between academic and vocational training; Need of clarifying the post-16 program; Elucidation of core elements of the General Certificate of Education proposal.

Makes observations on the future of sixth form and college courses in Great Britain under a Labour Party led government. Comments of Tony Blair on A-levels; Background on the party's white paper in education; Promise of the Labour Party to make college course more accountable.

Opinion. Comments on the educational policy of the Labour Party in Great Britain. Party white paper on education; Disagreement of party members on substance and emphasis; Party line on testing, curriculum and league tables.

Reports that Tony Blair failed to dispel confusion over whether the Labour Party of Great Britain would return grant maintained schools to control of local authorities. Launching of the party's white paper on education; Local control and local management; Comments of Ann Taylor on school inspection.

Reports that the British government's White Paper has charged the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) with developing its international profile and using the emerging multimedia technologies. Teaching the English language overseas using multimedia skills; Obstacles in expansion in multimedia.

Analyzes the recommendations of the British government's White Paper on British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC). BBC's educational role; Investment in schools programs; Government's acceptance of BBC's need to have at least two channels; Government's view of BBC head John Birt as an asset; International multi-media market; Competition; License fee; Regulation; Privatization.

Describes the News Education Centre, a computer-packed classroom in Portsmouth, England, where visitors can learn how a newspaper is put together. Portsmouth's evening paper `The News'; Primary, secondary and college students' use of the facilities; Desktop publishing technology; Awards received by the center; Application of the center across the curriculum; Children's motivation through the medium.

Examines the education white paper drafted by the Labour party policy makers. Setting of individual targets by which a parent can measure a child's progress; Denial of information for comparing schools to parents; Development of policy on grant-maintained schools' return to local authority.

Reports on the battle over key Labor education policies in England as triggered by comments from the party's front-runner. Leakage of the party's education paper after Blair's television interview; Blair's view that parents need to be given information on schools; Intimation of the abolition of grant-maintained schools; Interpretation of Blair's remarks by political journalists.

Comments on examination week in a school in Great Britain. Warning above the door of the school gym; Invigilation activity; Marking of papers.

Cites education-related news and developments in Great Britain. Pleas for careers advice from teachers; Reception to mark the 1944 Education Act; Errata in papers of the Northern Examinations and Assessment Board; School sicknotes.

Reports on developments related to British education. Science Museum exhibit on 25th anniversary of lunar landing; Schools Security Exhibition in Birmingham; Portable paper copiers; Minisheet Laser Label.

Describes a teacher's day-to-day activities for the week. Start of examination season; Invigilation; Correcting a mistake on examination paper; Arrival of exam board inspector.

Features the June 1994 Schools' Fair in England. Background on career education allocation; Government White Paper on Competitiveness; Number of young people involved in pilots for training credits; Competition for university entrance among sixth formers; Categories of exhibitions.

Reports on the Association of County Councils' publication of a discussion paper on home-to-school transport in Great Britain. Child pedestrian accidents; Debate on safety options; Provision of free transport to school.

Reports on the British Labour Party's Social Justice Commission's proposal for the establishment of a `Citizens' Service,' an organization that would offer voluntary work for up to 150,000 people aged 16-24. James McCormick as author of the Commission's paper; Income support; Bridging of gap between education and work.

Comments on the key stage 4 (KS4) of the scholastic aptitude exam (SAT) in English for Year II pupils in Great Britain. Limitation of coursework; Examination papers; Preparations of pupils for the examinations; Mark scheme; Alleged lowering of professional standards and children's attainment.

Opinion. Comments on the educational component of the British White Paper on Competitiveness. Education Department John Patten; High-level training for 18 to 19-year-olds; Educational muscle of apprenticeships; Scheme of training new headteachers; Funding for vocational courses; Learning credits; Rerouting of funds for work-related further education through the funding council.

Reports on the favorable reaction of British head teachers to the `voucher scheme' outlined in the White Paper on Competitiveness. Scheme providing for the improvement of leadership and management skills of newly-appointed heads; Voucher fund administered by the Teacher Training Agency; Concern about the transfer of money from other parts of the education budget.

Reports on the switch of funds from the Department of Employment to the Department of Education as spelled out in the British White Paper on Competitiveness. Funding for further education colleges; Money previously held by training and enterprise councils (TECs); Encouragement of colleges to be involved in the modern apprenticeship scheme; Failure of TECs to arrest the decline in training in some industries.

Reports on the pressure brought to the British Treasury by the Department for Education (DFE) officials. Funding for the expansion of nursery education; DFE paper considered by Prime Minister John Major on under-fives education; Expectations on the Early Childhood Forum.

Discusses the long-term impact of the failure to implement the section of the Education Act of 1944 which called for employee education. Plans for adult education under the Educational Act of 1944; Further Education Legal Basis (FELB) report of 1982; Impact of the White Paper report `Training for Jobs'.

Describes the contents of some of letters which are related to issues in education in Great Britain received from different people. Toilet papers for schools; Cramped classrooms; Curriculum documents; Speculation on John Patten's successor; Comments on John Patten.

Reports on the implications of cuts made by the University of London Examinations and Assessment Council for the marking of French papers. Fears of a shortage of qualified examiners; Attribution of move to the discovery of inadvertent overcharging; Effect of making the recruitment of examiners difficult.

Features the forthcoming White Paper of the British government on the future of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Erosion of television and radio patronage; Preservation of school programs; Pressure of reaching out to the international television market; Anticipation of digital broadcasting.

Reports on the inquiry into Great Britain's shortage of mathematicians and scientists by education and science ministers John Patten and William Waldegrave. Launching of a document called `Science and Maths: A Consultation Paper on the Supply and Demand of Newly Qualified Young People'; Business and finance as fastest-growing subjects at degree level; Need to increase A-level subjects per pupil; More.

Reports on the curriculum options evening for parents held in a Suffolk comprehensive school in Great Britain. Completion of choices form; Extension of choices; Confusion over tiered papers.

Reports on teaching as the chosen profession of British students expecting a poor degree. Findings of the National Commission on Education published in a series of papers selected by the commission; Survey's raising of concerns over the supply of trainees in technical subjects; Teaching as a popular profession to students.

Reports on several developments in Britain's education sector. Availability of `Governors: Who They Are and What They Do' paper written by the National Association of Governors and Managers; Transitional powers given to governors of grant-maintained schools upon approval of the Education Act.

Describes the reaction of the voluntary adult education sector in Great Britain on the consultation paper on value-added tax (VAT) and education and training of the HM Customs and Excise. Remarks from Paymaster General Sir John Cope; campaign on the imposition of VAT by the National Federation of Women's Institutes.

Reports on the plans of ministers in Great Britain to increase funding for grant-maintained schools in areas where councils are spending less than the government-approved levels on education. Outlining of proposal in the consultation paper for the Common Funding Formula for secondary schools; Criticisms against the budget formula; Decline in the rate of school opt-outs.

Presents a questionnaire which makes fun of the British government's education policy for 1993. Rule on opting out under the 1993 Education Act; Title of the government's White Paper; Objectives of the Dearing Committee; Rules on sex education; Truancy figures for 1994; Policy on training; Meaning of OFSTED; Role of the lay inspector; Health hazards facing head teachers; More.

Reports on the Newspapers in Education (NIE) projects in several British schools. Geography paper produced in 1991 by Dave Gardner, head of geography at Lancaster boys' school in Leicester; County-wide delivery of the fictional Cornish Daily News initiated by Brian Martin, head of maths at Richard Lander school.

Presents an overview of activities and events in the education sector of Great Britain. Rejection of the Green Paper on higher education at the Labour Party conference in Brighten; Issue of politicians' attendance at rival Party meetings; Former Education minister John Patten's confusion with titles; Ascension at the Post Office of past and present education officials.

Discusses the state of British scientists' career. William Waldegrave's publication of the White Paper on Science and Technology; Value of science to the community; Research and development base; Lack of scientists working in the industry; Provision of long-term funding for projects; Regard for experience as expensive.

Discusses developments in Great Britain's further education. Government's White Paper `Training for Jobs' transfer of the support grant for non-advanced further education to the Employment Secretary; Manpower Services Commission's purchase of courses directly from the colleges; Response to local and national employment needs; Modification of the Department of Employment's role.

Reports on the invitation to parents, teachers and governors to contribute to the formation of the Labor Party's education policy in Great Britain. Launch of party's green paper by Shadow education minister Ann Taylor; Aim of creating an educated democracy; Enumeration of issues of interest to the party; Importance of section on effective schools; Need to raise boys' attainment; Counselling of girls on technical subjects; More.

Reports on the education of British children under five. Emphasis of the White Paper of summer 1992; Meaning of choice in educational terms; Psychology of children under five; Effects of allowing curriculum choices to be dictated by exigencies of the educational system.