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LONDON (AFP) – Reforms to school targets, funding, league tables and teacher training were among the proposals for a major overhaul of the English schools system announced by the government on Wednesday. Education Secretary Michael Gove said the reforms would raise the status of teachers,...
Q: Why is the euro threatened? A: Because it is still politically feasible for members of the single currency to drop out of it - especially if exiting is a less painful solution to their problems. Or the only possible solution. No one could foresee South Wales or West Virginia opting out of the...
DUBLIN - Acting to secure a $114 billion international bailout, the Irish government announced plans yesterday for steep tax increases and sharp cutbacks in its social welfare state. The austerity measures, which would slash public spending by $20 billion over four years, would help pay for a severe...
LONDON - Leaders of conservative Anglicans yesterday rejected a proposed covenant to hold their global communion together just as the Church of England gave preliminary approval to the plan. The covenant, backed by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, is intended to contain splits within the...