LONDON, Sunday, 12-Oct-2008 13:48:17 GMT

UK EDUCATION: Top news stories from the BBC Academy sponsor seeks to withdraw A private firm seeks to end its sponsorship of a city Academy in Middlesbrough. Independent schools' leader quits Tim Hastie-Smith, chairman of the organisation for the most prestigious private schools, has resigned. OTHER TOP NEWS STORIES IN THIS SECTION Private head pulls out of academy Universities in UK and US 'dominant' Plans for Dyson college scrapped Student fees shake-up is proposed Schools told to counter extremism UNITED STATES EDUCATION: top news stories Forensics Degrees ... Ad - getyourcsitoday.com Trinity College Reveals 21st-Century Makeover... New York Times Road, Transit Projects Headed for a Detour: Budget Woes Might Derail Top Priorities in S.Md.... Washington Post Applying to U.S. Business Schools - Part 2... Sri Lanka Sunday Times Crowds pack US education fair... Ein News Crowds pack US education fair... Taipei Times Online Saudis Buying Influence in America's K-12 Schools... Christian Broadcasting Network New York teachers sue over ban on campaign buttons... Town Hall SCHOOL CAMP WILL WELCOME CHILDREN WITH DIABETES... American School and University Pop Tarts: Audrina Patridge the Target of High School Bullies... FOXNews.com Florida: Schools Head Is Approved... New York Times Education tour to US for Mumbai academicians... Siasat Daily Teachers Sue Over Right to Politic... New York Times The Holy Quran; Teachings & Teachers... American Chronicle New York teachers sue over ban on campaign buttons... Miami Herald Linda Eisenmann, Higher Education for Women in Postwar America, 1945?1965... MIT Press Journals Lt. Gov. Cherry, WMU officials examine future of higher ed... Western Michigan University Magazine Paulson and Spellings Issue Statement on Federal Student Loans... ED.gov Study to Help Improve Distribution of English Language Acquisition Funds... ED.gov Top US grad schools seek Turkish pupils... Turkish Daily NY teachers union sues over ban on political pins... Yahoo! Canada How US Schools' Culture Stifles Math Achievement... Slashdot New York teachers sue over ban on campaign buttons... FOXNews.com School can bar teen from handing out anti-abortion fliers... First Amendment Center National School Lunch Week, 2008... The White House NY teachers union sues over ban on political pins... Washington Post Education board approves nearly $50M budget cuts... Education Week Teen accused of bomb threat at school... Education Week 3 on paid leave after strip search at Mich. school... Education Week UFT claims NYC schools policy blocks free speech... Education Week Neb. teacher who fought to keep Class I pay dies... Education Week UK EDUCATION: other news stories Lose 20 Pounds Now!... Ad - www.acaiberryboom.com Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Bucks Herald Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Ripon Today Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Daily Express Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Sussex Express Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... IC Northants Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Northeast Journal Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Market Rasen Mail Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Shields Gazette Clever pupils retaking GCSEs to boost school results tutor claims... Telegraph Pupils 're-taking GCSEs'... Telegraph Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Bedfordshire on Sunday UK university holds AI test... Straits Times Clever pupils 're-taking GCSEs'... Telegraph Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... IC Cheshire Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Mansfield Chad Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Birmingham Evening Mail Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... IC Solihull Economic uncertainty spreads to education... Guardian Unlimited Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... St Albans Observer Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams' Some bright pupils are being asked to re-take GCSEs to boost the overall results of their schools, it has been claimed.... Yorkshire Post Melissa Benn: Private companies' sponsorship of schools has run aground... Guardian Unlimited Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Tyrone Times Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Newmarket Journal Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Galloway Gazette Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Birmingham Post Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Hertfordshire Mercury Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams' Some bright pupils are being asked to re-take GCSEs to boost the overall results of their schools, it has been claimed.... Bridlington Free Press Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Harwich and Manningtree Standard Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... Harwich and Manningtree Standard Top pupils 'urged to re-take exams'... North Wales Chronicle