Ministers are telling councils in England that, by law, they should not be closing rural schools.

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Trainee primary school language teachers are to spend a month's placement overseas.

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Schoolchildren are reluctant to use badly-maintained toilets in case of bullying, campaigners say.

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Gordon Brown says he wants one in five young people in the UK on apprenticeships within 10 years.

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McDonald's has won approval to offer courses which could form part of an A-level standard qualification.

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Mike Baker examines the factors that combine to make a good teacher.

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Some changes are made to the plan to divert £100m from people doing second degrees.

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New figures on university endowments confirm it's not just the "haves" and "have nots" in academe these days. Beyond the great majority of colleges, there's a growing group of the newly rich schools, and - at the top of the heap - a tiny cadre of ultra-wealthy institutions. </img>
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The National Union of Teachers is to ballot its members in England and Wales on a one-day strike over pay.

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A former education adviser to Tony Blair warns school admissions policy is creating confusion for parents.

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