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The government has announced yet another layer of advisers to go into underperforming schools. Jessica Shepherd reports
More work needs to be done on the content, says college association head
Every council will have to have in place a multi-agency Children's Trust Board
Under new plans, pupils will influence everything from teaching style to toilet size. By Wendy Berliner
A sewing machine Universities and colleges are under fire for turning out designers who can't actually sew, finds Peter Kingston
Suzanne Buckner with her son Freddie, who has severe learning difficulties coupled with a very high conceptual IQ. Photograph: Frank Baron
Suzanne Buckner created a school to meet her autistic son's needs. So why is he being sent elsewhere?
With more than a quarter of existing school leaders over 55, young talent should be nurtured
The higher education sector has set out its blueprint for the next decade, and the proposals are radical
But can the new universities minister be a spur to widening participation? By Polly Curtis

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