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It was reported in late August that more schoolchildren are both sitting and passing Religious Studies (RS), as the government prepares to exclude it from the new Baccalaureate. Nearly a third more pupils took the subject in 2011 than in 2005. The pass rate is up by 2.2% compared to 2010.
Education	Evangelicals Now, October 2011



In 2010/11, there were 444 reported cases involving verbal or physical abuse towards school staff. This was significantly down on the previous year; when 700 incidents were flagged up by schools. But only 141 of Staffordshire’s 391 schools submitted responses. Of the known incidents, 330 involved verbal abuse, 78 included threatening behaviour, and 141 led to physical injury. In one case, a pupil used a water bottle as a weapon and hurled it at staff.
Education	The Sentinel, Tuesday September 20, 2011



Research by the BBC has shown that a vast majority of schools are disregarding the law by failing to stage a daily Christian assembly, reports The Daily Telegraph. Almost two thirds of parents who responded to the survey said their children did not take part in collective worship at school every day. Last year some teachers and religious leaders wrote to Education Secretary Michael Gove, insisting that children should not be ‘coerced’ into religion in schools. But under the 1944 Education Act schools must provide ‘broadly Christian worship’ every day.
Education	The War Cry, 17 September 2011



On the morning that A level results were released, Premier Radio reported that the number of pupils passing A level Religious Studies has risen. More than 18,000 took the exam with 80 per cent of them getting grade C or above. The news came against the background of the Government’s plan not to include RS as a core subject of the English Baccalaureate.
Education	The War Cry August 27 2011



The English baccalaureate will not contain Religious Education, the government has announced, in a move that Christians say threatens the future of the subject. Brian Gates, chair of the Religious Education Council of England and Wales, said that not including RE in the 2010 English baccalaureate has meant that many schools are no longer offering it as a GCSE choice.
Education	Christianity September 2011



Jerry Brown, Governer of California, in July signed into law a Bill that will force state schools to promote the historic impact of homosexual, bisexual and transgender activists. It will also prohibit teachers and textbooks from telling pupils of the risks associated with same-sex conduct.
Education	Evangelicals Now September 2011



The books that Jews escaping Nazi Germany fled with are being returned to their homeland to teach children about the Holocaust. The Goethe Institut, the German government-funded cultural body, is receiving crates of books in Israel in the 'Keine Leichte pakete' (No lightweight packages) experiment. Detailed biographies of those who originally owned the books have been collated by Caroline Jessen [who said] 'The name of the project "No lightweight packages" refers not only to the physical weight of the books but also to the burden of history they carry.
Education	Salvationist 13 August 2011



The government has indicated that it will not include religious education in the English Baccalaureate for 2011. The Department of Education’s latest Statement of Intent – an annual statement which sets out the proposed content of performance tables – indicates that the make-up of the English Baccalaureate is to stay the same. Campaigners have been asking that RE be included among the subjects that make up the baccalaureate, which is a measure for performance tables. They argue that if it is not, schools will sideline the subject.
Education	The War Cry 30 July 2011



In May, it was reported that Jonathan Morgan and two of his peers in Plano, Texas, were at the centre of a legal battle over children’s First Amendment rights and whether children must leave their rights at the schoolhouse door. In December 2003, eight-year-old Jonathan Morgan had packed goodie bags for his classmates to open at their annual winter party, but the bags were confiscated because they contained candy cane pens with a message about Jesus attached.
Education	Evangelicals Now July 2011



Parents should retain the right to take their children out of sex education classes if they wish to, the Schools Minister said in Parliament in early June. Nick Gibb was speaking to a House of Lords Select Committee about the Government’s internal review of Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE), which includes elements of sex education.
Education	Evangelicals Now July 2011



Hundreds of state schools are ignoring the legal obligation to teach religious education, reported the Daily Mail. According to the paper, the law states that RE should comprise at least 5 percent of a schoolchild’s curriculum, and 14 to 16-year-olds must take half a GCSE course in the subject. But research has shown that one in four schools does not teach RE at GCSE level.
Education	The War Cry 9 July 2011



After 800 years of being taught, Oxford theology is facing the prospect of being rebranded. For a number of years members of the faculty have debated changing the name to ‘Religious Studies’ or ‘Theology and Religious Studies’ but now it looks as if a change will take place. Pressure is coming from the growing number of Jewish, Muslim and Hindu backgrounds. A 40-page reort that is still confidential but has been leaked to the press ‘strongly recommends’ change. Members of the faculty opposed to a change to ‘Religious Studies’ point out that theology may not mean ‘Christian theology’.
Education	Church Of England June 3, 2011



A Dutchman has built a modern-day Noah’s ark, which he hopes to sail on the Thames during the 2012 Olympics, reported the Daily Mail. According to the paper, Johan Huibers’ ark will feature live and model animals and will welcome visitors.
Education	The War Cry June 11, 2011



The English which we speak and write today contains words, phrases and expressions which have been preserved and passed down to us in the Authorised Version of the Bible. This year marks the four hundredth anniversary of the publication of the Authorised or King James Bible in 1611. These days we associate ‘the Land of Nod’ with bedtime. The Nod of the Bible is a Hebrew word which means ‘wandering’. A very popular phrase resorted to by the media when some celebrity or politician bites the dust is ‘how are the mighty fallen’. This expression is found in the second Book of Samuel, chapter one, verse nineteen. Alan Thomas claimed of the King James Bible that ‘No book has had a greater influence on the English language’.
Education	The Covenant Nations Volume 2, Number 2 2011



The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement has launched an online anti-homophobia resource for use in secondary religious education. The project aims to enable students to look at gay issues in an accessible, non-threatening way, and to highlight positive faith responses towards LGBT people whilst encouraging healthy debate.
Education	Reform May 2011

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