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Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works.

Shadow Education Secretary Stephen Twigg says Labour made a mistake in not putting enough emphasis on the 50% of young people who do not plan to go to university.

A top girls' school is planning a "failure week" to teach pupils to embrace risk, build resilience and learn from their mistakes.

The more young people come into contact with employers the less likely they are to drop out of school and become unemployed, research suggests.

The parents looking to exchange their student child for yours

The BBC's Nicola Smith looks at how literacy levels can be raised

Schools should be allowed to delay a new exam system if they are not ready to implement it, Scotland's largest teaching union says.

Children are to get legal rights to maintain relationships with both their parents, as part of a shake-up of the family justice system.

A college plans a new course devoted entirely to taking photographs on the iPhone

The incoming fair access watchdog says universities will be fined for failing to recruit more students from poorer backgrounds.

Welsh schools do not appear to be achieving results as good as those in England - on several measures the gap is widening.

The results of England's academy schools are being inflated by the over-use of vocational equivalents, analysis suggests.

The head of the Student Loans Company will have tax and National Insurance payments deducted from his £182,000 pay package in future, ministers say.

Further education colleges are going to offer thousands more degree places, previously provided by universities.

The presence of killer fibre asbestos in most UK state schools constitutes a "national scandal", says an all-party group of parliamentarians.

Pupils who shout out in class achieve better results than their counterparts who appear to be better behaved and quiet, suggests research.

Nearly 1,000 female workers, including dinner ladies, cleaners and carers, are to receive five years' back pay in a conclusion to an equality dispute with Bury Council.

More than two-thirds of the apprenticeships created in England in the past five years have gone to the over 25s, a report from spending watchdog shows.

Northern Ireland's Department of Education is planning to scrap the statements which guarantee extra help to pupils with special education needs.

As two councils apply to dismiss their school governors, the Liberal Democrats warn they may be blamed for falling standards.

A rise in the number of pupils and a shortage of primary school places has led some councils to consider turning empty shops and playing fields into classrooms.

Education Secretary Michael Gove, facing questions from MPs and Twitter, says academy opponents are "Trots", promises a new measure for schools and chooses his favourite Bond villain.

Ministers cut the GCSE-equivalent value of 3,100 vocational qualifications, such as hair services and horse care, ending their recognition in school league tables.

Wales' schools inspection service raises concerns about literacy levels and says exam results are not improving as quickly as other parts of the UK.

The Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh is appealing to the government of Pakistan to get 4,000 botany books destined for Afghanistan released after a year's hold-up.

The Today programme's Sanchia Berg reports from a further education college in Stockport as the government announces it's to reduce the number of vocational subjects from GCSEs.

From May all inspections of child protection services will be unannounced and last two weeks.

University applications have fallen more sharply in England than in Scotland, as admissions service figures reveal the impact of higher tuition fees.

The ATL teachers' union backs the government's revised deal on pensions in a ballot.

Free school plans for budding Billy Elliots

An independent commission has been set up to examine the impact of increased tuition fees in England.

It may be possible to detect autism at a much earlier age than previously thought, say researchers.

Turning round England's worst performing school

Just one in 15 pupils in England starting secondary school "behind" for their age, gets five good GCSEs, official data shows.

The coalition suffers its biggest defeat in the Lords since being elected over plans to charge single parents to use the Child Support Agency.

David Lammy, MP for Tottenham, tells website Mumsnet parents should be allowed to smack their children without the fear of facing jail.

A culture of fear has led to some councils protecting themselves more than the children in their care, according to the government's child protection adviser.

Elderly people are finding it harder to make ends meet as prices rise, says a report from Age UK.

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Looking at the biggest classroom in the world

One in three of the children around the world who do not have access to primary education have a disability, suggests research from the Sightsavers charity.

First global education laureate's fairness challenge

New York's pioneering plan to re-invent the school

Switch on your textbooks - they're going digital

How China has overtaken everyone in the school race

What difference can building design make to the quality of education?

Knowledge is power - economic power - and there's a scramble for that power taking place around the globe.