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Monday, 15 August, 2005, 13:09 GMT 14:09 UK

What future for grammar schools?
The BBC's Mike Baker asks whether the government will abolish the 11-plus exam.

What did Ofsted's report really say?
Young people the system forgets
Where are universities heading?
Secondary students' paths diverge
'Multiversity' of the future
Turbulent times in education
Truancy? What's that?
Why not 'top up' fees through loans?
How universities could cash in
Wizard student fees lessons from Oz
Honouring top teachers
Tale of two universities
Higher fees: Political dynamite
What to do about A-levels
Morris's political pass-the-parcel
A-levels: Time for a change
Students' waiting game continues
Big questions behind A-level row
Campus fear and uncertainty
Vetting fiasco 'unnecessary'
An obsession with Oxford
A-levels 'still precious'
Schools in 'snakes and ladders' race
'Robin Hood' student policy
The dilemma of private tuition
What history is for
A game of two halves
What makes teachers cheat
Concerns over AS-level demands
Funding squeeze on universities
The overlap between schools and crime
Sins of the daughters
Teachers: Stressed or stroppy?
New inspector plays a straight bat
Ministers' naughty pupils problem
Will Cinderella get to the ball?
Where next for royal education?
Behind the rise in 'school rage'
Secondary transfer: More than hormones
Raising black performance
Putting the boot into teachers
Chunnel vision for schools
Labour's continental plans for education
'Murder' of the national curriculum
Alcopop students: True or false?
Some facts about Edexcel and exams
Breaking university elitism
Analysis: Expulsion changes
Futuristic schools but Victorian staffing
The year ahead and in review

2001 ARCHIVE

Worthy degrees?
What do the following have in common: Sir Patrick Moore, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Dennis Thatcher, the President of South Korea, George Melly and George Best?

Are our students really this bright?
Results stall in affluent shires
Education changes 'worth watching'
Spin on classroom assistants
Your concerns over coursework
Parents 'need advice over coursework'
Student life after loans
Pupils' A-level decision time
Voters prompt grants rethink
University: Is it a good deal?
US attacks: Lessons for school history?
Tackling the school admissions maze
Changes afoot for all secondary schools
Parlez-vous francais?
A tale of two schools
Parental values: Is anyone listening?
Focus moves to secondary schools
Second thoughts about school outings
Breaking with Oxbridge elitism
Specialist schools: What's in a name?
That's enough exam hurdles
Blunkett's end-of-term report
Exams stretch schools to the limit
Is this school privatisation?
Education policies, not punches please
Student debt sparks heated debate
Priced out of university?
Private schools: Here to stay?
Teachers' campaign for 35-hour week
School choice: An estate agent's guide
Chasing the teachers' vote
Business moves into UK and US schools
Warning over teacher action
Does swearing in school matter?
Great expectations only partly met
Do religion and schools mix?
The election starts here
A new inspector calls
School choice: Is there a better way?
Beating the 'British disease'
Does higher pay recruit teachers?
Truth about teacher shortages

Bigger loans?
Another way out of the student funding dilemma

Cashing in
What universities will do to raise money

Wider access
The hunt for more working-class students

Coursework
When does helping them become cheating?