Teachers update and add new material to the website during school holidays and get just seven weeks off each year, roughly the same as the average Swedish office worker.

ECONOMIST: Private education

Any university team in an NCAA-sanctioned sport had to "achieve a 900 multiyear APR or a 930 average over the most recent two years to be eligible" for postseason play during the 2012-2013 school year, according to Christianson.

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The overall average shows that 86.7% gained their first choice of school for this autumn, higher than last year.

BBC: Parents face big local differences in secondary places

The results, based on test performances of samples of 9, 13 and 17 year olds, suggest that apart from maths, average school standards have not risen since the early 1990s.

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