School trip teachers 'reassured'
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The education secretary is expected to reassure teachers they will not be sued over school trip accidents.
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Carol Brody, an elementary school guidance counselor, has some advice for those wonder why educators are frustrated. "They should walk for one hour in a teacher's shoes," Brody said, "and then you wouldn't hear those criticisms from them again."
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The Prince of Wales has been carrying out an inquiry into school teaching methods.
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There is a warning that independent schools are stretching their lead among A-level students.
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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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Pupils benefit from having worked with creative people such as writers and fashion designers, Ofsted says.
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A leading educational psychologist says fewer pupils are having problems about starting school.
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Trainee primary school language teachers are to spend a month's placement overseas.
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Expenses like travel and food cost parents of state school pupils more than Â£700 a year, says a report.
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School inspectors must show they are good value and actually improve standards, MPs say.
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By Lisa Vernon-Sparks; Journal Staff Writer  EAST GREENWICH - When biology teacher Nicholas Rath decided to take his ninth-grade class on a field trip to teach them how  to preserve the environment,  he didn't just  take them on a simple nature walk or on a trip to a recycling center.
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There has been a leap in truancy figures for secondary pupils in England, despite a big campaign to clamp down on the problem.
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Parents will be able to receive up-to-date information about their children's progress at school under new proposals to replace the traditional school report with an e-mail version, Schools Minister Jim Knight will announce Wednesday.
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A computer glitch has delayed delivery of bus passes to school children.   But education chiefs have spoken to all of the 30 school bus contractors to ensure that youngsters still waiting for their pass when the new term started on Tuesday were not left behind.
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Ofsted praises a scheme that puts teacher trainees into  tough secondary schools for a year.
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A private school head teacher is not "barred" from teaching in the state sector - and could be accredited in days.
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Schools have improved since Tony Blair became prime minister but it is hard to say by how much, a report says.