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This week's Education News (5/6/10)
If you’ve missed any of this week’s education news, here is a summary of the main events: The General Teaching Council for England is to be axed. Education Secretary Michael Gove told MPs that he believed that the organisation ‘does little to raise teaching standards or professionalism’. This follows the the scrapping of the Qualifications [...]
Parents struggle to help their child with homework
The majority of parents frequently struggle to support their child’s learning outside the classroom according to a new report commissioned by Becta – the Government’s agency for technology in education. The study of 2000 parents and 2000 nine to 13 year olds, found that: There is a desire from parents to become more involved in [...]
Children 'missing out on sleep'
A survey from BBC Newsround has found that many children are kept up late at night by video games, mobile phones and televisions. An article on the BBC News site explains that: “Newsround sent a questionnaire to 1,000 children aged between nine and 11 at schools across the UK. Most said they went to bed at [...]






