Steve Jobs is stepping down at a point where Apple is one of the most valuable companies in the world.

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"Without validation at the 'stepping-stone' point, less confident students are likely to be discouraged from embarking on A-levels in the first place, " it says.

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It is good that UNESCO is stepping up as a focal point for change, bringing these issues to a higher level of awareness and introducing them into the development agenda.

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Nobody seems to know what the right thing to say is anymore and it could be that point which prevents people stepping forward to speak out.

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Since 2009, the number of claims has steadily sunk: The number of whistleblowers stepping forward has declined by a third, to the lowest point in four years.

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GCSEs, which would be absorbed into the "intermediate" level of the diploma structure, would be downgraded to a "stepping stone and a progress check, rather than the present artificial break-point".

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Perhaps rather than taking every element of the report into account, focusing on teacher pay could be a good leaping off point for future reforms, laying the groundwork for more exclusive top-tier education programs and other stepping stones to a more professional teaching labor pool.

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