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Posts on ‘July 26th, 2009’

Big rise in male ChildLine calls

The children’s counselling service ChildLine took a record number of calls from boys last year, with many being troubled by bullying.
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Curriculum tsar vows to make school more ‘business friendly’

Tired of closing British factories because of a lack of qualified workers, Andrew Hall, a former industrialist, became head of the Government’s national curriculum watchdog a week ago. In his first interview since then, he says he wants to make education more business friendly and address the skills shortage of young British workers.

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Ed Balls announces regional funding for ‘School Leavers Guarantee’

Schools Secretary Ed Balls and Apprenticeships Minister Iain Wright will today call on school leavers to stay in learning during the recession, as they set out how investment of over £6.9billion in the education and … (2009/0141)
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