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• Reading music is a basic skill that all GCSE students should learn

  Aug 20 2008:

  Response: Denying youngsters the chance to learn staff notation disempowers them, says Elliott Randall

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• Can we see an end to the annual A-level farce?

  Aug 19 2008:

  Focus on one particular qualification, taken by a minority, suggests that other courses and exams are not worth taking, says Mike Baker

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• University standards under threat

  Aug 18 2008:

  Geoffrey Alderman: The case of Professor Paul Buckland exposes serious flaws in the way universities maintain standards and classify degrees

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• Of ivory towers and coups d'etat

  Aug 17 2008:

  David Shariatmadari: Ann Lambton, one of the world's great Iranologists, has died. What drew her to the subject, and what was her legacy?

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• A-levels: elitism for everyone

  Aug 14 2008:

  Anne Perkins: What my daughter learned for her A-levels was how many marks each question is worth and what she needs to spew out in order to score them

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• Closing students' minds

  Aug 14 2008:

  Francis Gilbert: When I taught English A-level 15 years ago, the emphasis was on exploring the text. Now, it's all about 'assessment objectives'

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• Standards slip and slide

  Aug 13 2008:

  Geoffrey Alderman: The new A* grade for A-level students could skew university admissions in favour of children from privileged backgrounds

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• A new economy for knowledge

  Aug 13 2008:

  Research in a vacuum is of no benefit to anyone. That's why we are changing the rules on funding, writes Philip Esler

• Let's set a new standard

  Aug 13 2008:

  Matthew Taylor: Any replacement for Sats must combine their accountability with scope for more creative learning

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• Oxford is doing its best to widen participation

  Aug 12 2008:

  The simple fact is that Oxford wants the brightest, most academically committed kids as its undergraduates, says Tom Kemp

• My gang, my family

  Aug 9 2008:

  Rowenna Davis: Left to face a hostile world alone, it's little wonder that kids turn to gangs to provide a much-needed sense of belonging

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• Nipping prejudice in the bud

  Aug 7 2008:

  Herman Ouseley and Jane Lane: The reaction to our book underlines the need to counter the impact of racism on children's lives before attitudes become entrenched

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• A [sic] idea

  Aug 7 2008:

  AC Grayling: A university lecturer says we should accept students' spelling mistakes as 'variants'. Well, who needs basic skills anyway?

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• A question of everything

  Aug 7 2008:

  Experiments at Cern's new giant particle accelerator remind us just how far science has come in recent years, says Tim Radford

• Broadening British horizons

  Aug 5 2008:

  Julian Baggini: For some philosophers, attending the World Congress in Seoul is a huge privilege. So why does it leave British delegates cold?

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