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					<title><![CDATA[Plymouth City Council refutes cheese ban]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A local authority has hit back at reports claiming it has banned cheese from school menus.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Ethnic diversity in schools reduces discrimination]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Children from ethnic minorities suffer more racial discrimination in schools where white children are the majority, according to new research.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Emotional wellbeing key to boys' achievement]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Schools must support the emotional development of working class white boys to raise achievement levels, said an Ofsted report published today.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Government refuses call to overhaul testing in schools]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ofsted and the government will not consider reform of testing in schools, despite recommendations from a cross-party group of MPs.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Kids Company to expand lunch club]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A scheme to help young Londoners prepare for the move from primary to secondary school has spawned a range of lunchtime clubs.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Children's toolkit to aid consultation]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Children in Stoke-on-Trent are to benefit from a child-friendly version of the School Improvement Planning Framework.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Chess used in bid to boost exam results]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[An alternative education scheme at a pupil referral unit (PRU) in Bradford is using chess to increase pupil confidence and improve exam results.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Truancy rate higher in deprived areas]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Children from disadvantaged families miss school more often than those from more privileged backgrounds, according to the latest truancy data.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Pre-apprenticeships ignored by Bill]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Government plans to strengthen apprenticeships do not include measures to improve so-called pre-apprenticeships - despite an Ofsted report that revealed failings in provision.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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					<title><![CDATA[Balls "anger" over SATs fiasco]]></title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Children's secretary, Ed Balls, has expressed his "frustration and anger" at the delayed SATs results fiasco.]]></description>
					
					<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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