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Ofsted has said that RE teaching in schools could be better and that a national curriculum for religious education may be required for English schools. The five-year study, entitled Making Sense of Religion, said that the significance of religion in the modern world was not effectively taught in secondary schools. It said “Work of specific aspects of Christianity, such as the life of Jesus or the Bible, is isolated from an investigation of the religion itself.”
Education	Church of Englandb - June 22 2007



Teachers should avoid asking pupils to put their hands up to answer a question in a bid to stop quiet children falling behind, according to Government advice. Research identified a group of youngsters who struggle to keep up with their classmates between the ages of seven and 11, despite doing well in previous years. Ministers today published a report advising schools how to help these so-called “invisible children”, who often try to avoid drawing attention to themselves during lessons. Their work is neat and they are generally well behaved but children “in the comfort zone” need a different approach from teachers to help them make progress, the report found. The report found that it is often boys who fall behind in English at primary school, while girls were more likely to be found among those struggling to make progress in maths. Teachers felt that children suffered because parents stopped helping with homework when maths, in particular, was becoming too complicated. The Government recommended a range of strategies which teachers could use in the classroom to help these children. The methods included choosing which child to question in class instead of inviting all the pupils to put up their hands if they know the answer. Children could also be given 30 seconds “thinking time” before being asked to answer or told to discuss questions in pairs before answering, the Department for Education said. Later, the DfES said about 37,000 pupils were thought to be making slow progress in English at primary school, while 75,000 pupils were falling behind in mathematics.
Education	The Sentinel, Friday June 1, 2007



New guidance on school uniforms issued by government minsters will enable schools to ban pupils from wearing full-face veils on security, safety or learning grounds. The guidelines follow a series of legal cases where schools were sued for excluding pupils who wore religious dress.
Education	Evangelical Times – May 2007



Some 65,000 adults across the country feel a lack of maths, English or IT skills is holding them back.
Education	The Sentinel – 4th December 2006



Nearly a million children in England attend schools that provide a poor standard of education, according to a group of influential MPs.
Education	The Sentinel – 17th October 2006



Two new surveys blame religion for rising violence in the world, and highlights concerns about faith schools.
Education	Evangelicals Now – November 2006



Since 2003 the number of sixth formers taking Religious Studies at A level has increased by more than 40%. This represents more than 18,000 candidates who took the exam, and around a quarter were awarded A grades.
Education	Protestant Truth – November / December 2006



Four out of ten students do not believe A-levels prepare them for the demands of a university degree, college leaders have claimed. More than half the undergraduates surveyed said their teachers steered them toward courses which the school did well, rather than subjects which matched their needs.
Education	The Sentinel – 2nd October 2006



Four out of ten students do not believe A-levels prepare them for the demands of a university degree, college leaders have claimed. More than half the undergraduates surveyed said their teachers steered them toward courses which the school did well, rather than subjects which matched their needs.
Education	The Sentinel – 2nd October 2006



Computer games can be a powerful learning tool which inspire young students a report has said.
Education	The Sentinel – 4th October 2006



Computer games can be a powerful learning tool which inspire young students a report has said.
Education	The Sentinel – 4th October 2006



Compulsory RE for older pupils is an abuse of human rights, a Parliamentary joint committee has said. A month after schools minister Lord Adonis said students aged 16 upwards will have the right to withdraw themselves from collective worship, the committee said this right should be extended to RE.
Education	The Times Educational Supplement – 11th August 2006



Children should not start formal schooling until the age of seven according to an influential Labour MP.
Education	The Sentinel – 2nd August 2006



The dire quality of many school leavers threatens to undermine Britain’s future success in manufacturing and science leading business figures have warned. Bosses warned that science and technology firms could abandon British graduates in future and look abroad to economic rivals like India and China for new staff.
Education	The Sentinel – 14th August 2006



More than 8,000 pupils were suspended from schools throughout Staffordshire and Cheshire last year after they were caught behaving badly or breaking rules.
Education	The Sentinel – 5th July 2006

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