Education Overhaul Proposed in Britain
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The biggest proposed overhaul of Britain's education system in 60 years was unveiled Monday, including a plan to replace the wave of standardized tests for high-school students with a single diploma system.
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PM Tony Blair sets out major changes to post-GCSE
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New school diplomas, combining work experience and academic study, could replace A-levels and CSCEs as the exam of choice for school-leavers after a review due in 2013, Schools' Secretary Ed Ball has announced.
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Media & professional: Chancellor unveils plans to improve partnerships between schools and higher education institutions.
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The leading House Democrat on education issues proposed revisions yesterday to the No Child Left Behind law that would ease the penalties for public schools that barely miss academic testing targets but tighten another rule that has helped the District and Virginia.
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Slimmed-down curriculum would give teachers greater freedom, says exam watchdog head.
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Smaller schools and scrapping AS-levels are among the proposals from a Tory working group.
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Labour and the Tories are both promising to tackle the petty disruption hampering some of England's schools.
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker probes Gordon Brown's views on education.
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Failing students could repeat the last year of primary school, Tory leader David Cameron proposes.
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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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A new independent watchdog is being launched in England to counter criticism that GCSEs and A-levels are getting easier.
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Conservatives outline plans to raise exam standards, undermining proposals for a diploma announced by Mike Tomlinson.
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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker looks at the extent of school failure in England.
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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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Students will soon be taught climate change and how to manage their finances as England&#39;s school secondary curriculum is overhauled to make it more interesting and relevant to children.
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Prime minister Gordon Brown announces an initiative to encourage children to do more sport in school.