But Schools Minister Nick Gibb told MPs that the government was committed to competitive sports.
But schools and other communal institutions probably count for less than one might think.
The 5-year targets look tough but schools are moving in the right direction.
But schools have not just a legal responsibility, but also a moral responsibility, to protect our young people from harassment.
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It seems subjective students who curry favor with career staffers may get the plum opportunities but schools insist they don't play favorites.
Children who skip the tests won't be punished, but schools face sanctions if less than 95 percent of their students take the assessments.
State schools are not funded to offer them, as they are not officially accredited, but Schools Minister Lord Adonis has called for a debate.
But schools can suffer: they can be locked out of competing for some federal grants if more than 5% of children don't take the exam for any reason.
Leaflets had also been distributed through other outlets including clinics, GPs' surgeries and libraries, but schools had always proved the most effective method of getting leaflets into people's homes.
Welsh government policy is that parents should not normally take pupils on holiday during term time but schools have the discretion to grant up to 10 days authorised absence for this purpose.
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Elsewhere, capital projects will be delayed, but schools' biggest costs, salaries and pension contributions, tend to keep track with those on offer in the state sector, which have risen a lot since the 1990s.
Amazon had been hoping to target the market with its 9.7-inch screen Kindle DX e-book reader, for example, but schools said the device wasn't sufficiently interactive and lacked basics such as page numbers and color graphics.
Most early school closures were across the south Wales valleys, Cardiff and Swansea but schools across Carmarthenshire have been shutting as snow moved in with parents at more than 20 schools asked to collect their children.
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The kids can go to the schools, but the schools, they are overcrowded in the camps.
Councils can quite quickly expand existing local schools but any new schools need to go through a lengthy approval process.
I'd love to see more career days, where professionals come in--not just to high schools but to middle schools and to elementary schools--and talk about the various careers that are out there.
Free schools are funded from the public education budget but the schools are run independently and have the freedom to create their own curriculum.
All schools in the city, except Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Llwynderw, are closed but comprehensive schools that have exams are open.
It means that schools with large numbers of pupils on free school meals will receive more money but other schools will get less.
For the Swedish school system operates with directly funded schools, the municipality running them just as a school district would in the US. But such schools are not experimental in the manner of Egalia.
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"There is serious momentum already in the free schools movement, but if free schools are to go to scale then profit has to be considered, " she said.
But the schools on the base remain a strong center for families that often experience separation.
But the Schools Minister Nick Gibb accepted that more needs to be done.
But several schools said that they had yet to make a decision on how to proceed.
Four unions representing teachers have predicted a massive turnout, but said schools would maintain skeleton staff.
These services may be for individual students, but public schools are a public good.
"We had plenty of bookings for this fortnight but then schools called to cancel, " says Mr Clements.
But many schools don't, according to a federal report commissioned last year by the Congressional Dyslexia Caucus.
Not only has the stigma around gaming lessened, but also schools have become more receptive to technological innovation.
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