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Laurie Matthew, co-ordinator of Eighteen And Under, was speaking after convicted rapist Peter Chapman was jailed for 35 years at Teesside Crown Court for murdering 17-year-old Ashleigh Hall in a field in Country Durham. The bald and toothless 33-
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Half the schools inspected since the beginning of the school year have failed to get good marks from inspectors for the first time ever, figures revealed today. They showed that one in ten of the 2,140 schools inspections were branded as inadequate with
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SCOTTISH Borders Housing Association's controversial axing of its warden service was done amid a financial crisis that was costing them hundreds of thousands of pounds every year. That was revealed as chief executive Janice Cambridge released the figures
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OAK BROOK, Ill., March 10 /PRNewswire/ - McDonald''s® along with Morgan Wootten, legendary coach and McDonald''s All American® Games selection chair, ...
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- 03/10/10 -- The College Network, one of the nation's leading eLearning companies, today announced a partnership with the American Nurses Association (ANA), the only full-service professional organization representing the nation's 2.9
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STUDENTS have been praised for their “exemplary” behaviour and mature, sensible and friendly nature. Government inspectors from Ofsted who visited Shelley College last month gave a glowing report about students and praised their attitude to learning
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The chief minister has been accused of failing to capitalise on the depth of UK opposition to the end of the reciprocal health agreement. Tony Brown was criticised for failing to issue a formal letter of thanks to almost 60 MPs who signed an early day
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The father of a five-year-old British boy held captive in Pakistan has returned to the UK, sources said today.
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The proportion of schools judged inadequate has leapt since a tougher inspection regime was introduced last year. Ofsted inspectors placed 218 schools — 10 per cent of those inspected — in its lowest category in the first four months of the new
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Judgments from schools inspected last term lead teachers' unions to accuse Ofsted of 'moving the goalposts' One in seven secondary schools inspected last term was branded inadequate under a new regime honing in on teaching quality and pupil progress,
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A SOCIAL worker accused of inappropriate behaviour towards the mother of two children in his care has today been struck off the General Social Care Council (GSCC) register.
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Judgments from schools inspected last term lead teachers' unions to accuse Ofsted of 'moving the goalposts' One in seven secondary schools inspected last term was branded inadequate under a new regime honing in on teaching quality and pupil progress,
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...bills go unpaid. But top aides hint that he will also present higher taxes as an alternative to the deep cuts in social services that would be likely if state government continues letting bills pile up. "He's not included a tax increase...
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Source: University of New Hampshire Newswise — In 2009, 48 percent of the children born in the United States were minorities, underscoring trends that show America’s youth are at the forefront of the country’s rapidly shifting demographic makeup,
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President Obama is headed back to Ohio as part of his campaign-like sprint to try to push a final health care bill across the congressional finish line.
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President Barack Obama has chosen a suburban St. Louis high school to make his closing argument for a health care overhaul, pushing a new anti-fraud plan as he cranks up the pressure on skittish Democratic lawmakers to act...
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Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. It's billed as the coolest training course in town and is proving to be hugely popular. The ICE (In-Car Entertainment) course, run by Prospect Training in Gloucester, teaches youngsters how to
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For children with disabilities, the hours spent outside school can be the most harrowing. But one scheme is changing that Josh Burns grins, takes a deep breath, and takes his first tentative step onto an ice rink standing in the shadow of the twin
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AT THE end of a railway track between two bombed out gas chambers we stood in silence. Just a few yards from where we stood at least 1.1 million people were murdered by the Nazis in a programme of industrial-scale Genocide. Just 70 years ago, at the snow
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Schools Secretary tells teachers not to drill children to pass their Sats, in an admission that high-pressure tests put them off education
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by Paul Suart, Birmingham Mail THOUSANDS of Birmingham schoolchildren will be without a school place unless immediate action is taken, the city’s education chief warned. The Birmingham Mail exclusively reported recently how a ‘baby boom’ had
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STUDENTS have been praised for their “exemplary” behaviour and mature, sensible and friendly nature. Government inspectors from Ofsted who visited Shelley College last month gave a glowing report about students and praised their attitude to learning
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Every secondary school in Scotland will soon receive a powerful anti-homophobia DVD. The film is divided into seven 15-minute chapters and explores issues about homophobic bullying and gender stereotyping. It’s called FIT and will be distributed by
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British University in Dubai applies sustainable development techniques in design of its new campus Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, chairman of British University in Dubai, after inaugurating the new green campus. Image Credit: FRANCOIS NEL/Gulf News