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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.

Focuses on the function of paper folding as a way of learning about geometry for primary students in Great Britain. First use of metric (A-size) paper; Properties of A-sizing; Sizes of metric paper in millimeters.

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.

The article discusses how inadequate funding has forced schools to ask donation from parents for basic school supplies including teaching equipment and toilet papers. It states that surveys of parents by PTA UK reported the pressure felt by parents to donate toward school fund. Comments by acting CEO of PTA UK Michelle Doyle Wildman and Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Asso­ciation of School and College Leaders, are included.

Focuses on the condition of toilet facilities in school buildings in Great Britain. Absence of tissue paper; Smoking area of female students; Prevalence of graffiti.

Reports on the efforts of ministers in Great Britain to publish a White Paper on post-16 sector. Focus on the Further Education Funding Council, the training arm of the training and enterprise councils and the careers service; Members of the review team; Organizations called in on the review; When the White Paper will be published and implemented.

Discusses the possible impact of the British Treasury Department's attempt to revive rural economy on village primary schools. White Paper planned for 1995; Supporters of the White Paper.

The article reports on the decision of the examinations watchdog Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) to call off the proposal to utilize extra checks on the standards on the general certificate of secondary education (GCSE) in Great Britain. The topics discussed include the warning of industry experts about the implications of the said proposal on the country's education system and the additional checks planned by Ofqual on science papers.

Focuses on the use of adult guidance in delivering the learning agenda of career service in Great Britain. Reason behind the idea of using adult guidance; Role of the post-16 White Paper Learning to Succeed report with regards to a strategy involving youth and career service; Effects of the privatization of career service in Great Britain.

Editorial. Talks about the significance of Great Britain's White Paper on the post-16 sector of education. Past key issues in education; Anxiety over level of skill and understanding among early school leavers, the socially excluded and others; How taxpayers' money should be used in education.

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.

Argues that adult education should be the backbone of informed democracy in Great Britain. Criticism of past and present government in relation the adult education and public library service; Adult education under Winston Churchill; White Paper; Unsatisfied demand for adult education; Report from the National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education.

Focuses on the use of the ancient craft of the quill to teach history to British students. History of the craft; Description of the illuminated manuscript and copied books produced by medieval monks in Cheshire, England.

Presents a photograph of a boy with paper jewelry and gift boxes as part of South Hams Council in Devon, England's efforts to encourage children's recycling of old newspapers and magazines.

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 discusses the author's insights on the shortage of examiners for the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) GCSE in Great Britain.

Reports on the thousands of nautical records, or captain's logbooks, that offer students of Britain's maritime past insights into life on the high seas. Thomas Pitcher's journal; Massive collection of Royal Navy logs kept by the National Archives; Journals by famous officers such as James Cook, William Bligh and Matthew Flinders; Author Patrick O'Brien's research using logbooks to provide authentic details to his 231-book series on seafaring adventures. INSETS: Unchartered waters.;Logbook collections..

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 reports on the green paper reform for the special educational needs (SEN) system, which was produced by Great Britain children minister Sarah Teather and will be published on March 7, 2011. The green paper proposes to fund higher-level qualification studies of trainee teachers in special schools. Teather says that the reform will help teachers to gain skills to teach children with special needs. However, it notes that the proposal may lessen SEN classes due to government cuts.

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.

The article reports on the key themes in further education focused by the white paper released by the ministers in the Parliamentary Government of Great Britain. It states that the document will focus on enhancing the technical skill, level 3 apprenticeships and associate professional qualifications of students aged 18-25. It also notes that the paper aims to address the skill deficit as posted in the 2006 report made by Lord Leitch.

The article reports on the revelation of David Hopkins, former chief adviser to the Department of Education and Skills on how he clashed with colleagues over the education white paper in the U.S. Hopkins stepped down as chief adviser on school standards. He told a conference for new heads that he felt the white paper focused too little on teaching.

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.

Reports that General Certificate of Secondary Education examination papers have been recalled after question papers spilled from one delivery van and were stolen from another.

Reports the security measure on the test papers of pupils in Great Britain. Use of stickers on sealing the test papers; Objectives of the measure; Allegation on the interference of teachers on the test scores of pupils.

The article discusses efforts to increase the administration of computer-based digital educational assessments in Great Britain, particularly commenting on the opinion of pending director general of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Siva Kumari. It addresses the pace of educational innovation implementation in Great Britain, aligning examinations with pedagogical theory based on computer technology, and issues of financing fully digitized exams.

The article discusses allegations against the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted), an educational quality organization in Great Britain, claiming that it failed to provide transparent information about its school inspectors. It addresses lack of records concerning inspectors' teaching experience, lack of qualified teacher status for several officers, and the treatment of the issue at professional teachers' conferences.

The article reports on the announcement in the higher education (HE) white papers "Students at the heart of the System" in Great Britain regarding the opportunity of colleges in the country to compete for an extra 20,000 low-cost HE places as the government delay the rush for the 9,000-pound-per-year degrees.

The article offers information on the key points of the Great Britain higher education white paper, including the power of the Office for Fair Access to repress institutions that failed to attract poorer students, the requirement to publish student report cards on contact hours, student satisfactions, and employment outcomes, and allowing private companies to provide sponsorship to students.

The article reports that British disadvantaged teenagers revolt over functional skill examinations. It mentions that these teenagers faced traditional pen-and-paper tests instead of online examinations. Training providers said that most of the youth walk out from exams and suffer emotionally after changes made to literacy and numeracy tests. It also points out that functional skills had much lower pass rates than the old skills system, which is valueless to progression and had fundamental flaws.

The article reports on the paper commissioned by 157 top colleges in Great Britain which proposes that further education (FE) institutions be transformed into a company structure. It mentions the federation style of management wherein a college is the parent company and runs a number of businesses. It adds that the restructuring plan will not only give the institutions the access to equity from third parties but may even promote value added tax (VAT) benefits for college subsidiaries.

The article offers the author's comments on the white paper prepared by the Great Britain government regarding skills training in further education sector.

The article discusses how Year 6 students at the Frobisher Primary and Nursery School in Jaywick, Clacton-on-Sea wrote their own Sat test and presented it to Michael Gove, the Standards and Testing Agency education secretary. Tracey Caffull, principal at Frobisher Primary, arranged for students to tour the Standards and Testing Agency and for agency members to visit the school.

Reports on the 1998, launching of first Green Paper on the family in Great Britain. How long a Government taskforce, spent looking for ways to reverse the drop in popularity of the two-parent family; Why the family values paper plans to promote traditional family values.

Comments on the response of the Worker's Educational Association (WEA) to the Green Paper of the government in Great Britain. Redistribution of funds from research into higher education teaching and breaking down of institutional barriers to achieve the `learning age' that is outlined in the Green paper; Endorsement by the WEA of the findings of the Fryer report `Learning in the Twenty-First Century' which informed the government's thinking.

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.

The article presents a perspective on issues regarding the argument within the government over the education white paper in Great Britain. According to the author, the Prime Minister wants to persuade the people on the importance of his education reform. Some have criticized the reform as complicated and will have no effect on education.

Reports that General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) papers are being marked overseas in 2004 as part of a trial of electronic marking in all GCSE subjects. Edexcel exam board's setting up of marking centers in the American mid-west and Sydney; Controversy surrounding the privately-owned Edexcel.

Comments on the British government's White Paper program which aims to improve the skills of adult employees in the country. Features of the program; Challenges that will be encountered by the government in relation to making the program a success.

Reports on the publication of the British government's White Paper skills strategy. Features of the program; Aims of the initiative; Proposals for regional and national partnerships incorporated in the program.

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.

Comments on the British government's paper on college titled 'Success for All.' Presentation of the report; Need for the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to set targets for student achievement; Increase in funds for LSC; Needs of LSC units.

Reports the launch of the Springboard Six series to augment lessons for children in primary schools in Great Britain. Inclusion of advice on examination technique; Encouragement to attempt unfamiliar questions and write ideas on papers; Confirmation of positive results.

Reports on the delay in the gathering information of colleges in Great Britain due to the bureaucracy in the government. Deficiencies in data needed to improve student retention; Levels reached by the burden of paper-chases, red tape and petty bureaucracy; Most disturbing repeated claim of colleges.

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

Features the Complete Animator software in Great Britain. Usability of software in creating computer animations; Applicability to primary schools; Availability. INSET: CZECH MATES..

Examines the aspects of online testing for educational assessment in Great Britain. Pros and cons of online testing; Implications for establishing an effective online testing; Overview on the design of some online testing.

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.

Looks at the British government's national childcare strategy. Green Paper consultation that brought together plans for a massive expansion in nursery places, after-school clubs, and training and regulation of childcare workers; April 1999 when all local authorities must have childcare plans in place which set out how needs will be met; Increased cooperation between social services and education departments; List of steps towards a child-friendly nation.

Discusses the Labour Party government's White Paper `Excellence in Schools' in Great Britain. Emphasis on standards over structure; Lessons that can be applied to educational reform from the World Cup success of coach Glenn Hoddle's soccer team; Educational change tradition in which structure mattered more than standards; Characteristics of successful education systems.

Reveals the disparity of funding allocated for further education students and their school sixth-form counterparts in Great Britain. Dampening of enthusiasm on proposals in the government's White Paper; Agenda for education and training for 14 to 19-year-olds.

Focuses on the British government's White Paper that commits to learning credits for 16 to 19-year-old students. Department for Education and Employment Secretary Gillian Shephard's proposed national targets for education and training to improve competitiveness; Drive to equalize costs in three sectors.

Reports on the British Arts Council's publication of a consultation paper designed to ensure that education and training form the foundation of British culture.

Reports that teachers in England were denied access to view papers and mark schemes in advance for the 1996 national curriculum test. Announcement of these security measures from the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority; How the tests for 11 year olds are being published as national tables for the first time; Why this publication is annoying teachers.

Reports that one-in-seven secondary schools in Great Britain have sent back national curriculum English test papers for re-marking. Complaints on overly hard or inconsistent markings for English tests.

Offers advice concerning the purchasing or leasing of photocopiers. Why photocopiers are important for primary schools; How the Derby Inner City Consortium decided on the specifications of the photocopier it will buy; Where to purchase a second-hand machine.

The article throws light on the periodical "The Paper," the first newspaper in Great Britain, written and produced by children and for children. It is a unique project with a truely co-operative enterprise characteristic. Children aged from 10 to 18, from 52 schools in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, think up story ideas, write the copy and put it altogether. At monthly Saturday editorial meetings, section editors are elected, story ideas thrashed out and finer points of page design and photography discussed. Furthermore, they also communicate via their web site www.the-paper.org, which enables correspondents all over the world to file copy and swapstory ideas.

The article reports on the planned released of guidelines regarding educational system in Great Britain developed by Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families. It states that guidelines include that teachers will need a licence to teach based on recent practice and professional development, strengthened home-school agreements, and bigger role for school improvement partners. It adds that school report card to grade schools will be upgraded. INSET: Main points.

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.

The article discusses research that was conducted by Ipsos Mori on the percentage of examination grades given in Great Britain that are either higher or lower than the student deserved. In March 2009 the British Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) found that only 45% of students were correctly graded on the 2007 key stage 3 English composition test.

The article focuses on the grading and marking of national tests in Great Britain. It explains that the examiners are behind schedule in the marking, according to the National Assessment Agency (NAA). Information about the number of manuscripts to be marked and the workload of markers is provided and the difficulties faced in completing the process are described.

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 reports that educational psychologists in Great Britain suggest that a child's drawing can offer insights into their emotions. Anne Fry and Jane Sarmezey, educational psychologists, advise using caution when interpreting a drawing. Fry thinks that drawing is an emotional expression and may be an indication of how the child is feeling. Details are offered for decoding a child's drawing.

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.

The article reports that teachers in Great Britain have welcomed the Writing tests, which have proved the most controversial since being rejigged in 2003. During this 45-minute test, children are required to write diary entries. According to Mike Scriven, head of Portishead primary, North Somerset, this is the best set of writing tasks since the introduction of the new format. According to Chris Davis, head of Queniborough primary near Leicester and chair of the National Primary Headteachers' Association, the diary is effectively a story, giving opposing views of the same day out.

Reports on the development of guidance for teaching three to five-year-olds by the government in Great Britain. Simplification of the existing education guidelines; Formulation of coherent strategy promoting a play-based approach matching each child's needs; Plans of the Department for Education and Skills' Sure Start Unit to launch a formal consultation next spring.

Analyzes why bad further-education news in Great Britain is not on the front page of every newspaper every day of every week in light of the observation that bad news sells. Recommended headlines for bad events in further education, such as the cash crisis in education.

Reports that English teachers are complaining against key stage three English tests for 14-year-old students. Criticism of the language of the question; Complaints about Macbeth questions; Problems with the reading task; Claim by the National Assessment Agency that all Shakespeare questions were of equal standard.

Reports on the results of a survey of part-time lecturers by the Learning and Skills Council in Great Britain. Reliance of colleges on part-timers; Cases of lecturers spending; Low-cost measures that could improve the morale of part-timers; Hourly pay for part-timers.

Reports on the benefits reaped by teacher Andy Ross-Smith from the workload agreement with the British government. Reduction of time doing administrative work; Contribution of high technology tools in making his work easier.

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.

Reports on the forecast that pupils in Great Britain will take the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examinations electronically by year 2005. Subjects to be piloted; Approval to be required by the on-screen GCSE from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority.

Comments on the commitment of the British government in providing a skills strategy in continuing education.

Analyzes the legislative proposal for improving skills and learning in British continuing education. Commitment of the government to ensuring education for every adult; Collaboration between the government and industries; Failure in reviving individual learning accounts.

Reports on the complaints of teachers and pupils to the English tests for 14-year-olds in Great Britain. Topic of the test; Impetus to the confusion suffered by the pupils in answering the test; Response of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority to the complaints.

Presents tips for school governors concerning paperwork in Great Britain. Quality and relevance of paperwork; Minutes of governing body meetings; Legal powers of minutes and reports.

Reports on a junior school's use of CD-ROM to reduce the paperwork of teachers in Great Britain. Laptop computers provided to teachers; Curriculum support materials and lesson plan templates included in the CD-ROM; Training of head teachers concerning the use of the scheme.

Comments on the efforts of the government to reduce bureaucracy in adult education in Great Britain. Proposal of using electronic data collection; Citation of the process of getting research funds; Failure of the government to implement successful initiative.

Focuses on the problem faced by the colleges due to the resignation of managers and lecturers in Great Britain. Increase of the recruitment crisis; Effect on the pay of the teachers; Impact of the issue on the education standard.

Comments on the paperwork of school governors in Great Britain. Level of paperwork governors should accept; Type of paperwork; Designation of internal paperwork to clerks.

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.

Lists the winners of the 'Times Educational Supplement' periodical's Newsday competition for the best school newspapers in Great Britain. Best primary and secondary newspapers; Best international newspaper; Feature writers; Best web site.

Comments on the speech presented by Great Britain Education Secretary Estelle Morris on adult education during the conference of the Learning and Skills Development Agency in Great Britain. Emphasis of the speech; Implications for adult education policy; Issues with the funding of adult education.

Reports the proof-reading error in the key skills test for communication in Great Britain. Defense statements of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority over the errors; Value of the offending question in the test; Inevitability of mistakes in examination system.

Reports the aims of the Learning & Skills Council on college paperworks in Great Britain. Simplification of the audit and data collection systems; Views of Learning chairman Sir George Sweeney on the duplication of data gathering; Private session of the Skills Council on the bureaucracy.

Focuses on the computer-assisted education systems in Great Britain. Introduction of the 'Paperless School' project; Envision of a school equipped with Web-pads linking to the Internet; Provision of outside publishers and educators on the project network.

Comments on the significance for implementation of quality assurance in schools during the meeting of school governors in Great Britain. Status of school administration; Demands of teachers on salary; Importance of quality assurance to the pupils.

Reports on the protest of King James's school headteacher David Hudson of Yorkshire, England on his paperworks as a manifestation of bureaucracy in British education. Sources of the documents; Photograph of the red tape problem sent to Education Secretary Estelle Morris; Lack of confidence in ministers to achieve the aim of cutting the excessive bureaucracy.

Comments on the continuing bureaucracy in the workload of college teachers in Great Britain. Absurdity in letting teachers write the same lesson plan four times in longhand; Situation in colleges; Government justification of the bureaucracy.

Reports on the opposition by some groups to the British government's proposal for greater business involvement in schools. Concerns about the plans by the Surrey County Council, the Local Government Association, the National Union of Teachers and the National Association of Head Teachers.

Explains how a selected group, the National Teacher Research Panel ensures that teachers influence the future of education research in Great Britain. Providing teachers perspective on proposals for new studies; Encouraging teachers to become involved in research work; Background of the group; Conducting a conference that showed how teachers can use research to improve their professional effectiveness.

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 the views of British newspapers regarding the need for the country to recognize the role of teachers in the community and the performance of Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Richard Caborn.

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.