Topic: Michael Gove

Abuse teacher case taken to Gove

The MP for a town where a teacher sexually abused young girls has said he will take up the matter with Education Secretary Michael Gove.. . Nigel...

Is Facebook 'required reading?'

British youngsters are ditching Dickens, Shakespeare and Keats for Facebook and Twitter, with one in six failing to read a single book in a month...

MPs swamped by Twitter questions

MPs say they have been "overwhelmed" with responses after they asked the public to send questions via Twitter for Education Secretary Michael...
Michael Gove personally wrote to the trust confirming that the education department was awarding the money to it. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty...
Green building standards for new schools could be removed. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian . Businesses have made a last-ditch attempt...

Free school approved by minister

A free school in Suffolk will open for 300 pupils in September after plans were signed off by the government.. . Michael Gove, Secretary of State...
Ministers ordered an urgent inquiry into England's exam system on Thursday, after undercover reporters recorded examiners advising teachers on what questions were likely to come up. An investigation by the Daily Telegraph filmed a chief examiner for Wales' WJEC exam board ...

Teachers vote to strike over pensions

Members of the NASUWT teaching union have voted to strike over changes to public sector pensions, the union announced on Friday, meaning teachers are set to join a mass walkout by more than two million public sector workers on November 30.Of ...
There are places where the Alberta way of doing things has fans; they're just not always in Canada.. . Take the province's approach to education...
J.P. Moczulski/Postmedia News. Out of the box thinking is what's needed to improve our public education system.. . Kevin Falcon, a provincial...