Too many children in state schools do not have access to excellent teaching and materials.
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Corporal punishment was outlawed in state schools in 1986, but remained legal in independent schools.
The Cricket Foundation runs the Chance to Shine initiative, which aims to encourage the playing of competitive cricket in state schools.
This allows public schools to deploy twice as many teachers per pupil at every age as in state schools.
There are no religious studies (let alone nativity plays) in state schools, nor may public workers sport the headscarf.
A-levels than those in state schools, went on to the most prestigious universities and ended up in the best jobs.
In state schools in England, teachers have the power to search pupils for drugs if they give consent, government guidance says.
Class sizes are generally half those in state schools, the teachers are better qualified and the success rate a lot higher.
Schools minister, Nick Gibb, said all sex education material used in state schools was scrutinised to ensure it set the "right tone".
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"It is a pity that Lord Moynihan did not join us then and help protect sport in state schools, " said Mr Efford.
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The government has spent millions of pounds giving daily free fruit or vegetables to four to six-year-olds in state schools in England.
It seems that those who work in state schools are just like everybody else: they do better when confronted by a bit of competition.
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The statistics, published by the Department for Education, show the numbers of teenagers achieving this benchmark has risen by 0.1 percentage points in state schools alone.
Easley had focused on his record as governor, including declining unemployment -- down 2 percentage points over two years -- and rising average test scores in state schools.
The education ministry decided last year to hire foreign teachers to plug a severe shortfall in state schools but those already in the country struggle with red tape to qualify.
But Labour sports spokesman Clive Efford said that when his party was in government its policies "succeeded in getting more youngsters in state schools involved in sport to a level never seen before".
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Researchers say of those who did enter the profession, nearly 61% went to work in state schools, 5% went to private schools, while 5% were in teaching although it is not known in which sector.
Its main successes, according to Mr Bade, were to establish that Muslims see no contradiction between their faith and Germany's constitution, and to agree in principle to teach Islam in state schools, as Judaism and Christianity already are.
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Hamilton and Armstrong have also written an upcoming book, called Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality, where they expand on their dorm experience and describe how cuts in state funding of higher education have resulted in state schools relying on more tuition dollars.
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Such networks have operated in the private sector for decades and first became involved in running state schools when academies were introduced in 2000.
The number of teachers who quit their jobs in English state schools rose by almost a fifth in one year, official figures suggest.
The voucher pupils did better even though the state spent less than it would have done had the children been educated in normal state schools.
In state recovery schools, hundreds of teaching positions still need to be filled, but the process is dragging.
France's National Assembly began debating a controversial bill to ban the wearing of the Muslim headscarf and other ostentatious religious symbols in French state schools and other public institutions.
Shanghai claims last year to have become the first city in China to provide free education for all migrant children, mostly in state-run schools, with some in subsidised private ones.
Two researchers, Karthik Muralidharan of the University of California at San Diego and Venkatesh Sundararaman of the World Bank, tested that idea in 300 state-run schools in Andhra Pradesh in India.
Mr Thomas suggests that the most obvious solution would be for local authority appeal panels, which currently hear appeals for the schools they still run, to handle those for all state schools in their area, including academies and faith schools.
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He proposes to put the national government, rather than municipalities, in charge of state schools.
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The lack of difference in value between state schools and the more prestigious private colleges is compelling.
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