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Poor teachers linked to GCSE grades slump

26.11.2009 14:17    telegraph.co.uk
A bad teacher can cost pupils up to half a grade at GCSE, according to new research.
Poor teachers linked to GCSE grades slump


Ed Balls creates smokescreen over extremist school funding

26.11.2009 14:17    telegraph.co.uk
Ed Balls, the Schools Secretary, is creating a thick screen of purest smoke after David Cameron's statement that the Government has paid money to schools run by leading members or activists of the anti-Western, extremist group Hizb ut Tahrir (HT).
Ed Balls creates smokescreen over extremist school funding

This is no way to curb domestic violence

26.11.2009 14:17    telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph View The Government's plan to curb domestic violence with lessons in schools will confuse children, without solving the problem.
This is no way to curb domestic violence

Private hell in a boys' public school

26.11.2009 14:17    telegraph.co.uk
As Abingdon School breaks with tradition to appoint a female head, Rebecca Willis recalls the 'trauma' of being educated with boys.
Private hell in a boys' public school


Tory plans for 'no notice' school detentions

26.11.2009 14:17    telegraph.co.uk
Children will be given an "immediate" detention for misbehaving at school under Tory plans to scrap existing 24 hours' notice for parents.
Tory plans for 'no notice' school detentions

David Cameron condemns £113,000 award to schools linked to 'extremist' Muslim group

26.11.2009 14:17    telegraph.co.uk
A decision to award £113,000 of taxpayers' money to schools once linked to an "extremist" Muslim group has been condemned by David Cameron.
David Cameron condemns £113,000 award to schools linked to 'extremist' Muslim group

Tories in pledge to hand Holyrood tax-raising powers

26.11.2009 14:16    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE shadow chancellor pledges today that Scotland would be guaranteed powers to raise revenue from taxation under a Conservative government.

3% pay rise demanded by council workers is branded 'outrageous'

26.11.2009 14:15    thescotsman.scotsman.com
SCOTTISH ministers were last night under pressure to intervene early in a pay row between councils and their employees as the two sides braced themselves for a protracted dis
3% pay rise demanded by council workers is branded 'outrageous'

SNP 'soft on crime' with on-the-spot fine plan

26.11.2009 14:15    thescotsman.scotsman.com
SNP ministers have been accused of being soft on crime after a Scottish Government paper recommended extending fixed-penalty notices (FPNs) to minor assault, minor the
SNP 'soft on crime' with on-the-spot fine plan

Britain told Saddam's WMDs useless

26.11.2009 14:15    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE government was told only days before the Iraq invasion that Saddam Hussein might be unable to use his chemical weapons, the official inquiry into the war has heard.
Britain told Saddam's WMDs useless

Ex-Selkirk councillor Nikolaus Wirsten threatened to shoot colleagues

26.11.2009 14:15    thescotsman.scotsman.com
A FORMER community councillor who threatened to buy a gun and storm a meeting to shoot three former colleagues has been jailed for a total of 16 months.

Edinburgh city council spends £25,000 of taxpayers' cash to discover their "likes and dislikes" about the capital

26.11.2009 14:15    thescotsman.scotsman.com
IT MIGHT seem like an exercise in finding out the blindingly obvious, but that didn't stop council officials in Scotland's capital spending thousands of pounds ask
Edinburgh city council spends £25,000 of taxpayers' cash to discover their "likes and dislikes" about the capital

Plans for merged council service provision may not be enough to meet new budgets

26.11.2009 14:15    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE sharing of services between several councils and within council areas is now seen as the only way forward for local government and the public sector if they are to meet u
Plans for merged council service provision may not be enough to meet new budgets

George Kerevan: Independence vote offers only chance for Scotland to plan route to national prosperity

26.11.2009 14:15    thescotsman.scotsman.com
WHAT is the contemporary case for Scottish independence? Next Monday, the SNP government will set out details for holding a referendum on the issue.
George Kerevan: Independence vote offers only chance for Scotland to plan route to national prosperity

Charles Livingstone: Why judges are likely to keep a close eye on Holyrood laws

26.11.2009 14:15    thescotsman.scotsman.com
IT IS perhaps inevitable that acts of the Scottish Parliament likely to affect people's livelihoods, property or liberty will attract close attention - and in some cases o
Charles Livingstone: Why judges are likely to keep a close eye on Holyrood laws

George Osborne : Defence of the Union and mutual respect key in debate over powers

26.11.2009 14:15    thescotsman.scotsman.com
FOR me, the most important aspect of the Calman Commission is that it has at its foundation the protection and continuation of the Union. Sir Ken Calman's primary object
George Osborne : Defence of the Union and mutual respect key in debate over powers

Government and public affairs news round-up

26.11.2009 14:14    thescotsman.scotsman.com
DAVID Boag has been appointed as the Bòrd na Gàidhlig's head of Gaelic usage, the latest senior appointment in the organisation's managerial shake-up.
Government and public affairs news round-up

Measures included in the alcohol pricing legislation

26.11.2009 14:14    thescotsman.scotsman.com
THE bill is expected to bring forward plans to:
Measures included in the alcohol pricing legislation

Tom Peterkin: Landmark moment for Scottish Parliament - but doubts remain

26.11.2009 14:14    thescotsman.scotsman.com
WHEN Jim Murphy stood up in the House of Commons yesterday, his presence at the Dispatch Box may have lacked the fanfare that greeted the arrival of Scottish devolution ten y
Tom Peterkin: Landmark moment for Scottish Parliament - but doubts remain

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