News from: Scottish Executive
Independent Budget Review (29/7/10)
Finance Secretary invites people to have their say on public spending.
Skills Development Scotland (29/7/10)
Board members appointed.
Engage for Education (18/7/10)
A series of public events to give parents a say on Curriculum for Excellence.
Decision deferred on college merger (16/7/10)
Response to proposal for Glasgow Super College due in September.
Funding for youth groups (15/7/10)
Youth projects invited to apply for share of £2.5 million fund.
Jobs in life sciences (14/7/10)
Finance Secretary to work to secure a sustainable future for MSD Newhouse site.
Curriculum for Excellence (13/7/10)
Education Secretary says play-based approach for youngest pupils showing benefits.
Reducing crime through learning and skills (13/7/10)
Skills Minister visits young offenders and outlines plans to address learning needs.

News from: BBC News
Gove's academies: 80s idea rebranded? (31/7/10)
The academies schools pushed by Education Secretary Michael Gove bear more than a passing resemblance to the grant-maintained schools brought in under Margaret Thatcher, writes Mike Baker.
Maths fears over A-level reforms (30/7/10)
Plans to reform A-levels could put students off maths and lead to university department closures, an academic body warns.
150 schools ask to be academies (29/7/10)
More than 150 top schools in England have applied to become academies, government documents show.
Dramatic fall in pupil expulsion (29/7/10)
There has been a dramatic fall in the number of pupils excluded from schools in England in the past year, official figures show.
'Mocking' toddler killers jailed (29/7/10)
A couple who murdered a three-year-old boy in their care, inflicting more than 70 injuries on him, are jailed for life.
Landmark ruling on divorce money (29/7/10)
A "ground-breaking" Court of Appeal judgement removes the protection previously given to thousands of people in divorce proceedings.
Rise in parental child abductions (29/7/10)
A growing number of children in Britain are being abducted by a parent and taken overseas, the Foreign Office says.
Promise over future school cash (28/7/10)
Investment in England's school buildings will continue despite cuts to a major building programme, the Education Secretary says.