Government misses education goals
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An internal report shows the government has missed many of its education and children's targets since 1998.
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England's school curriculum is changed to 'get the basics right' and introduce more flexibility, ministers say.
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Low education standards have led to a vast shortage of qualified workers.
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The U.S. Department of Education may withhold as much as &#36;7 million from President Bush's home state for failing to tell parents whether schools performed up to standards under the No Child Left Behind Act.
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President Bush proposed $56 billion in Education Department funding, level with his proposal for the current fiscal year but 3 percent less than what Democrats are expected to approve for this year. He also sought about $1 billion in new spending related to the landmark No Child Left Behind law.
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Productivity in the education system has increased slightly but not as much as it might have, a watchdog says.
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The World Bank says education in the Arab World lags behind other regions and needs urgent reform.
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An Ofsted study of children's first years of learning shows weaknesses in literacy and calculation.
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A federal program to teach reading pressured schools to adopt a specific approach in order to receive funding.
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Efforts are to be "redoubled" to tackle teenage pregnancy rates after it was revealed targets are to be missed.
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The results, for the first time, allowed state officials to pinpoint where student achievement falls off sharply.
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The education policy of the Bush administration is founded on two pillars: standardized testing and charter schools.    However, as reported in this New York Times article (see also the audio archive at NPR or nonsubscription coverage at the Boston Globe) , the US Department of Education's own testing data show that nationwide, charter schools are, in aggregate, lagging their public counterparts.
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Steps to improve early years education made by the government are making no impact, research suggests.
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Science education in U.S. elementary   and middle schools is overly broad and superficial, according   to a government report issued on Thursday that also faults   science curricula for assuming children are simplistic   thinkers.
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Disadvantaged children lagging a full year behind before they start school.
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BRUSSELS, Jun 26 (IPS) - The European Union is failing to prioritise health  and education in its plans for spending aid in poor countries,  according to a new study.
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The BBC's Mike Baker looks at Conservative pledges to improve discipline in schools and finds no easy solutions.