Grammar schools - why all the fuss?
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Mike Baker discusses the  row over grammar schools and educational selection within the Tory party.
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In his latest post, Padraic Brady takes a look at PEAR in a verb form - both in how you can use it and what sorts of things it has in store.   over the last few months after finally getting over my ignorance of PEAR beyond it being a hodge podge of packages of dubious quality I've been questioning whether pearifying my future and past code is worthwhile. The answer is a resounding YES.   Unfortunately, there are some barriers for most people to get into the PEAR world (including the lack of the "coolest packages") with some of the perceived barriers including:   PEAR will require large scale changes to my shiny new cool code PEAR only allows proposals for complete functional code PEAR is elitist PEAR is fossilised   He also talks about PEAR packages and dispels one of the most popular myths about the package repository - "you can't use PEAR on a shared host".
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Media & professional: Members of the BBC Trust have expressed concern about two heavily criticised editions of Panorama. By Leigh Holmwood.
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More grammar and private schools should be opened to improve the UK's 'dire' educational status, according to a new report from the Economic Research Council.
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker considers the issue of school admissions.
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In this new post to the PHP Everywhere blog, John Lim asks an interesting question - why should PHP ever be taught in schools? (in response to this post)   If something is popular but hard to understand then we need an education process. To just shake our heads and give up is simply immature (or trolling). Otherwise we might as well say that English (or any other spoken language for that matter) should not be taught, because spoken languages are illogical, imprecise and therefore ... useless.   John also clears up some of the misconceptions from the other post with equality and type comparison in PHP.
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England's secondary schools should drop GCSEs and A-levels for a diploma, a report says, but reaction is mixed.
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Mother tongue menaced by 'product-set deep dives' Readers of the Daily Telegraph have got themselves into a bit of a tizz over alleged abuses our our beloved English language.â¦
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker on why inspectors say citizenship lessons in England's schools are inadequate.
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A record number of students have passed their A-levels this year with nearly a quarter of students getting an A-grade. Are standards going up or down?
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By Ben McConville  EDINBURGH, Scotland - In this age of cell phones, text messages and computer keyboards, one Scottish school has returned to basics. It's teaching youngsters the neglected art of writing with a fountain pen.
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Children make more progress in England's grammar schools than in comprehensives, figures show.
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I stopped watching TV in the late 90s. Unlike most things in my life I didn't do it (just) to advertise my excellence or to distance myself from the plebes. The driving reason was that my access to TV at the time was extremely limited. But I also felt that TV writing wasn't up to par with my intellectual pursuits. I only got back to watching TV two or so years ago. And I was flabbergasted - yes, flabbergasted - at the apparent increased quality of TV writing. The main reason for this is the rise of the TV serial.
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The BBC's Mike Baker asks whether Thailand's schools offer an example for Britain's to follow.
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Schools in England have been sent advice on how to teach children good spoken English.
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School leavers are to be entitled to post-GCSE places, but there are fears too few know of the right.
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Grammar schools should be abolished to create an education system that is fairer to all, says a report.