Children 'failed in geography'
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Geography is the worst-taught subjects in primary school and fewer teenagers are studying it, inspectors say.
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Â· Sats make English pupils most tested in the world  Â· Parents sceptical of league tables, GTC study finds
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker looks at the extent of school failure in England.
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The schools, created in the 1960s, have been marked by low test scores, poor attendance and inadequate facilities.
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Parents choose a school more because of its location than its exam results, a big survey suggests.
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There are big variations in how many children from different neighbourhoods go to university.
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Primary schoolchildren in England fail to produce better academic results than their Western counterparts even though they start school at an earlier age and are subjected to more tests, a leading educational study said Friday.
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Poorer children are not more likely to take up a school place allocated through a  lottery, researchers say.
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One in five schools in England is failing the government target for GCSE attainment, league tables showed Thursday.
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The report says students are catching up to their worldwide counterparts but fourth-graders are not. By Michael Dobbs / Washington Post.
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Schools in the North-East are being offered an education tool that builds children's knowledge of the water cycle.
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NEW DELHI, Aug. 4 -- Every year when the monsoon rains pound South Asia, many of the poor children in Anouradha Bakshi's educational program become too sick from waterborne diseases such as diarrhea, typhoid and cholera to attend classes.
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Â·  More than 10,000 pupils in poor areas to benefit Â·  English parents may get children's weight warning
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&quot;While under-nutrition continues to be a key concern, particularly in developing countries, many children in all regions of the world have poor eating habits and are not getting enough exercise,&quot; she added.
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Students who use computers a lot at school have worse maths and reading performance, research suggests.
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TORONTO, Dec 14 (Reuters Life!) - North Americans fed up  with being ribbed over their geographical incompetence are  trying to get even -- pitting their skills against Britain in a  transatlantic geography quiz.
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A watchdog warns many vulnerable children may not be receiving suitable or cost-effective education.