School segregation on the rise: report
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Public schools in the United States are becoming more racially segregated and the trend is likely to accelerate because of a Supreme Court decision in June, according to report published on Wednesday.
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Study highlights how "a small cadre of elite 'feeder' schools" dominate Oxbridge admissions.
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Even before a Supreme Court decision on integration, the push to improve public schools had turned, increasingly, on money.
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Children with signs of autism are more likely to be diagnosed with the disorder in wealthier school districts, results of a new study show.
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The Christian Science Monitor - America is one of the most racially and ethnically diverse countries in the world. Yet 52 years after Brown v. Board of Education - the landmark Supreme Court decision that struck down segregation - US classrooms are growing increasingly segregated.
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A rise in late Roman Catholic baptisms is being attributed to parents seeking school places, research suggests.
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Recent studies in the capital have shown a remarkable trend - more schoolchildren in Riga are now attending Latvian language schools than minority ones.
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In the five years since a federal law mandated an expansion of reading and math tests, 44 percent of school districts nationwide have made deep cutbacks in social studies, science, art and music lessons in elementary grades and have even slashed lunchtime, a new survey has found.
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Academies expelled pupils at twice the rate of other secondary schools last year, figures reveal.
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The state of the anti-truancy strategy in England will be under review as latest figures are published.
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Schools in 13 English  local authorities are piloting a new way of structuring the school year which should roll-out widely from 2005.
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The more overweight a child, the more likely he or she is to be absent from school, a new report suggests.
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The proportion of youngsters who drop out of the British education system is one of the highest in the developed world, according to an international study published yesterday.
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A drive to tackle prejudice-driven bullying in schools is launched as a government inquiry into bullying begins.
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Grammar schools should be abolished to create an education system that is fairer to all, says a report.
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Â· Schools in disadvantaged areas progressing most Â· Too few pupils get good grades, say critics
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At issue is SeattleÂs plan to overcome the effects of the cityÂs segregated housing patterns in its 10 high schools.