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Say it loud: Specialised help with communication can transform the lives of pupils such as Rachel, left and Sarah

Could the success of The King's Speech boost efforts to help children with communication difficulties?

She was a quiet baby, and a quiet child. But it was not to an extent that was particularly alarming. I remember sitting in the garden with my husband, saying: 'This time next year, we won't be able to shut her up.'"

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Chalk Talk: Will the Toriessoon come knocking at Adonis's door?

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Some time ago, before the election, David Cameron and Education Secretary Michael Gove both issued an invitation to Andrew Adonis, architect of Labour's academies programme, to join them in government if they won the election. Lord Adonis diplomatically refused to accept the offer – he was after all a Labour minister at the time.

Chalk Talk: How to knock pupils into shape - get them to Come Dancing

Thursday, 13 January 2011

It was a nostalgic moment when Ann Widdicombe turned up in Blackpool last week to chair the annual North of England Education Conference. The last time the Conservative MP turned Strictly Come Dancing Star was in town was when the BBC1 show visited its glitzy ballroom just before Christmas.

William Richardson: 'Universities have a lot to learn from private schools'

Thursday, 13 January 2011

As the new spokesman for Britain's elite schools takes up his post, he offers his predictions for the future to Richard Garner

Chalk Talk: Musicians - now it's your turn to make a stand against the cuts

Thursday, 6 January 2011

The message to emerge from the Department for Education over the Christmas break appears to be one that resistance to the scale of public spending cuts may not be futile after all.

What does it take to turn around a school failing so badly that pupils were on strike?

Thursday, 6 January 2011

Richard Garner meets the 'hero' head of this Carlisle academy to find out

The benchmark for excellence: Can British schools catch up with other nations?

Thursday, 6 January 2011

Standards in British schools have slipped dramatically behind those of other nations in the last decade, says Michael Gove. But analysing the reasons provides an exciting opportunity to catch up fast

Riots, reviews and results: Why 2011 will prove to be a steep learning curve for students and teachers

Thursday, 30 December 2010

It's been a tumultuous 12 months thanks to a new Government with big ideas. Richard Garner gives his end-of-year report

Chalk Talk: One school that will always be 'outstanding' to Andy Burnham

Thursday, 23 December 2010

Abit of a spat has broken out between the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, and his Labour shadow, Andy Burnham, over the latter's old school.

After-school comedy clubs: Heard the one about the teenage stand-ups?

Thursday, 23 December 2010

After-school comedy clubs are a breeding ground for new talent and an all-round confidence booster, teachers say. But can humour be learned?

Chalk Talk: The teachers' protest that may be the shape of things to come

Thursday, 16 December 2010

Asign of the times? The National Association of Schoolmasters/ Union of Women Teachers is protesting about Britain's biggest head teachers' union's links with a private company providing education services. Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, argues that the arrangement between the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and the Schools Advisory Service could lead to a "conflict of interest".

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