Western Europe - Inform Education

Tens of thousands of people rallied in Madrid on Saturday to protest cuts in education spending imposed by the Socialist government to stabilise the debt-burdened nation's finances."For sale -- Public education" read banners hoisted by demonstrators who flocked to Madrid from across ...

US and British institutions once again dominate an annual worldwide league table of universities published Thursday, but there is a fresh name at the top, unseating long-time leader Harvard.California Institute of Technology (Caltech) knocked the famous Massachusetts institution from the summit of ...

Elizondo Elementary's growing kindergarten population is putting the squeeze on the school's resourcesOne by one, Paula Barry's kindergarten class marched out of her classroom in a long, single-file line that stretched the length of the hallway and around the corner. "Here come ...

ELIZONDO'S NEW PRINCIPAL EMPATHIZES WITH ECONOMICALLY STRUGGLING STUDENTSKeith France raises his hand in a peace sign high above the crowd like a conductor about to lead an orchestra through a Mozart symphony.The cacophony from nervous kindergartners and camera-carrying parents subsides. All is ...

The poorest-performing 200 primary schools in England will be converted into academies by 2012, Education Secretary Michael Gove will tell headteachers on Thursday.Gove will make the announcement at the National College for School Leadership annual conference in Birmingham.The schools will include those ...

Nearly 900 secondary schools in England must raise standards so that at least 50 percent of pupils get five A*-C grades at GCSE, Education Secretary Michael Gove is set to announce.Gove will outline the new targets at the National College for School ...

Descended from coal miners, the family of royal bride-to-be Kate Middleton is held up in class-obsessed Britain as a shining example of social mobility.Kate may have attended one of the most elite schools in England before going on to Scotland's most prestigious ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While poverty is usually associated with greater health risks, a study published Monday suggests that young teens from middle- to higher-income families may be somewhat more likely than their less affluent peers to use alcohol.UK researchers found ...

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - A mentally ill man from Northern Ireland who once stabbed a work colleague in the neck was hired by a secondary school in France and taught German for nearly a month before his past caught up with him.Lewis ...

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Topic: Western Europe

Tens of thousands protest Spain education cuts: organisers

Harvard toppled from top of worldwide rankings

Oxford 4th, Cambridge 6th in university rankings

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Worst primary schools 'to be converted into academies'

English schools to receive new GCSE target

From mines to palaces: the upwardly mobile Middletons

Teens from wealthier families may drink more

"Dangerous schizophrenic" escapee teaches

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