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• Michael Gove: failing the test

  21 Jun 2012: Editorial: The new CSE would predominantly be a certificate of the north and the poorer classes

• Steve Bell on Nick Clegg's opposition to Michael Gove's plan to ditch GCSEs - cartoon

  Cartoon, 21 Jun 2012:

  The deputy PM has vowed to block changes to the education system proposed by the education secretary

• Michael Gove is the enemy of promise

  21 Jun 2012: Fiona Millar: With his nostalgia for O-levels, the education secretary risks recreating the 'sheep and goats' divide in our school system

• Nick Clegg vows to block Michael Gove's plan to scrap GCSEs

  21 Jun 2012: A furious deputy PM, who was not consulted on the reforms, has made clear that he will reject the plans out of hand

• Scrapping GCSEs will hurt yet another generation of children

  21 Jun 2012: Martin Belam: I experienced the disruption of the first year of GCSEs. Now Michael Gove wants to see more pupils treated as guinea pigs

• Have GCSEs got easier?

  21 Jun 2012: Michael Gove is preparing to replace GCSEs with more difficult exams similar to O-levels, according to leaked documents. But have GCSEs got easier?

• Michael Gove's plan to scrap GCSEs is ludicrous, say teaching union leaders

  21 Jun 2012: Unions say return to exams similar to O-levels would prove divisive and do little to address social mobility

• Return of O-levels: Michael Gove to get rid of GCSEs in exams shakeup

  21 Jun 2012:

  Two-tier system proposed with first new tests modelled on old O-levels planned for 2016

• Test policies in 'randomised controlled trials', nudge unit urges

  20 Jun 2012: Paper calls on ministers to adopt a 'test, learn, adapt' method to policy-making to gauge effectiveness and halt inadvertently harmful policies
  

• How do we improve childcare?

  19 Jun 2012:

  Anand Shukla, Susanna Rustin, Liz Bayram and Sarah Teather: As the government announces a childcare commission, our panel considers the issues that most need addressing

• AS-levels could be scrapped under planned exam reforms

  19 Jun 2012: Ofqual proposes return to two-year A-levels with exams at end of course

• More home students need to take up postgraduate studies

  Guardian Professional, 19 Jun 2012:

  We need to address the decline in home students pursuing postgraduate study before it affects international student admissions, says Kim Catcheside

• Schools forge new relationships with local authorities

  18 Jun 2012: Amid all the conversion to academy status, politicians are starting to agree on the need for a 'middle tier' between schools and government that can oversee improvement. Sound a bit familiar? Fiona Millar reports

• Michael Gove's own experts revolt over 'punitive' model for curriculum

  17 Jun 2012: Education secretary has been bypassing the panel set up to advise on reforms, claim senior members

• Are tuition fees really to blame for a drop in student numbers?

  Guardian Professional, 13 Jun 2012:

  Unless the government conducts proper analysis, we will never be truly certain of the impact of tuition fees on higher education participation, says Gill Wyness

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