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Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, visit pupils at the Swaminarayan School in Neasden

Does God belong in the classroom?

Faith schools applying for 'free' status are one of Michael Gove's biggest headaches. In part two of his series, Richard Garner wonders how these institutions square with the Government's plans for multiculturalism.

Inside Schools

Chalk Talk: A lesson for Gove - if you want top teachers, look at the evidence

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Andreas Schleicher is one of the academics that the Education Secretary Michael Gove most admires. I wonder, therefore, whether he will take heed of some criticism of the Coalition Government's plans to raise the bar for recruitment into the teaching profession.

Top class talent: Master's level teacher training can have a transformational impact on teachers, their colleagues and their schools

Why teachers need to carry on learning

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Excellence in the classroom requires the very best training. So why has funding for the master's in teaching been cut?

Chalk Talk: You've failed – and you didn't even know you'd taken the exam

Thursday, 17 March 2011

Most prominent on display at the Association of School and College Leaders' conference were badges saying "I failed the English Baccalaureate". The EB, remember, is an invention of Education Secretary Michael Gove's and will be awarded to anyone getting five A* to C grades at GCSE in English, maths, science, a language modern or ancient and a humanities subject.

Tom Packer, the newly appointed headmaster of the West London Free School

The free school revolution: Behind the scenes at the first parent-led secondary

Thursday, 17 March 2011

They have proved to be among the Government's most controversial innovations. Beginning a three-part series, Richard Garner goes behind the scenes at the first parent-led secondary, which will open its doors to pupils in September

Head of steam: John Fairhurst created single-sex classes at his mixed comprehensive school in Essex

Why the headteachers' union leader opposes the Government's 'free' schools policy

Thursday, 10 March 2011

Michael Gove will not be able to rest on his laurels when he addresses the first big headteachers' conference of his reign as Education Secretary tomorrow.

Chalk Talk: A completely different way to help struggling readers

Thursday, 10 March 2011

Look, it's perfectly simple..." That was one of the lesser-known catch-phrase of John Cleese's in Monty Python's Flying Circus as he attempted to explain complex arguments to a baffled onlooker.

'The great strengths of the IB programme can be summarised succinctly in the concepts of breadth, independence, internationalism and stretch'

Should A-levels be replaced by the International Baccalaureate?

Thursday, 3 March 2011

There's growing pressure to replace A-levels with the International Baccalaureate. But must it be one or the other, asks Martin Priestley, whose school offers both courses, according to students' strengths

Chalk Talk: Forget higher tuition fees – here's a really controversial idea

Thursday, 3 March 2011

So what's the biggest education controversy of the moment? Is it Education Secretary Michael Gove's flagship policy of creating a network of "free" schools run by parents, teachers and religious groups – and the fears it might increase segregation of pupils by race and creed? Is it the Coalition Government's proposal to allow tuition fees to triple amid fears it will put off students from poorer homes from going to university?

An innovative scheme is helping primary teachers brush up their language skills

Thursday, 3 March 2011

Linda Gordon's last serious brush with the French language was when she passed her O-level while at school in the 1960s. So to be asked to teach it to her primary class more than 40 years on was a little daunting, to say the least.

Time to choose: Some sixth form students prefer the specialisation of A-levels while others enjoy the broader approach of the IB Diploma which requires the study of six subjects

International Baccalaureate: 'My students walk the road less travelled'

Thursday, 24 February 2011

The International Baccalaureate is being billed as a new gold standard of learning. But while it is ideal for some pupils, its broad approach doesn't suit everyone – and nor should it, argues headmaster Martin Priestly

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