Education
Leading article: The case for a rise in tuition fees
The Independent
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Students and their parents, as well as the parents of those children who are likely to go to university in the future, are likely to take a dim view of the proposal yesterday by
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As a teacher, I've realised Twitter has real potential
Guardian Unlimited
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If Twitter can cause the casually wept lonely tear to reach the ears of a concerned peer, then it is a useful resource I signed up to bury Twitter.
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Adam Goldstein: Campus Disciplinary Process the Wrong Place to Punish Violent Crime
Huffington Post
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I don't know where you go to college, but I'm going to guess the college has an internal disciplinary process that is designed to punish things like plagiarism or keeping a cat in
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Why university standards have fallen | Geoffrey Alderman
Guardian Unlimited
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The disempowerment of academics and a corporate model of governance have driven down standards, not Blair's 50% target The new "manifesto" – Talent, Opportunity, Prosperity –
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Panel Releases Proposal to Set U.S. Standards for Education
New York Times
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Culminating a year’s work, a panel of educators convened by the nation’s governors and state school superintendents released a set of proposed common academic standards on
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Obama's teacher hard line spurs debate
Washington Times
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President Obama's approval of the recent firing of teachers at a Rhode Island high school has spurred a debate among education specialists about whether staff turnover will help
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A lesson in courting foreign students
Globe and Mail
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Peter Cebon From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Mar. 09, 2010 6:13PM EST O Melbourne and Toronto have much in common.
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One in seven secondary schools branded inadequate
The Independent
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Half the schools inspected since the beginning of the school year have failed to get good marks from inspectors for the first time ever, figures revealed today.
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