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Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:16
One in four state primary schools in England has no male teacher, statistics show.
Men in short supply in primaries
Fewer children are learning to play a musical instrument than in their parents' generation, a survey suggests.
Music tuition falling, poll says
England's first city-wide lottery system aimed at solving the problem of allocating places at over-subscribed schools failed to give poorer children equal access to top schools, academics say.
School lottery 'failed in aim'
A 15-year-old maths prodigy is set to become the youngest undergraduate at the University of Cambridge for more than two centuries.
Prodigy makes Cambridge history
School lunches can tempt fussy eaters to try new foods, a survey carried out in England for the School Food Trust suggests.
School meals 'help fussy eaters'
Yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur has set herself a new challenge - creating an educational foundation to promote sustainability.
Ellen MacArthur's global ambition
Sharon Shoesmith is given leave to appeal over her sacking as the head of children's services at Haringey Council after the death of Baby Peter.
Shoesmith given leave to appeal
Figures obtained by the BBC suggest that in one in nine Scottish primary schools at least 60% of places are unfilled.
One in nine schools 'half empty'
Teachers' unions are branding the government's relaunch of academies in England as a "failure", with about 30 expected this term.
First wave of new-style academies
Imperial College is going to open its first branch outside the UK - a medical school in Singapore, run in partnership with a local university.
Imperial College expands overseas
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Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:16