Our learning systems are not learning!

Why boys can’t keep up with the girls.
As women outperform men in higher education, how can we encourage boys to make it to university and beyond?
Lee Elliot Major guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 9 June 2009 08.30 BST.
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Working class children ‘let down’ by education system
Children from working class backgrounds are being left behind by the British education system because they are not properly prepared to win places at university, according to one of the most wide-ranging reports ever conducted into the schools system. 
 By Graeme Paton, Education Editor, and Lucy Cockcroft. The Telegraph
Published: 7:00AM BST 09 Jun 2009
http://tiny.cc/CLLyU

Don’t tell your children, but exams won’t do them any good
British parents are all doing their bit to support their children but Gill Hornby wonders whether our lives really depend on exams. 
 By Gill Hornby. The Telegraph
Published: 6:54PM BST 08 Jun 2009
http://tiny.cc/jZszv