The claim: The Coalition's policy document on schools, released in August 2013, flagged a review of the national curriculum, saying it had "become politicised" under Labor.
About half will still be offering AS-levels in all subjects, according to a survey of 500 schools released by Ucas in January.
The New York City schools released a statement saying officials had not received the complaint, but that the New York City Public Schools Athletic League, which operates competitive high school sports, offered a variety of varsity sports for girls.
Because the school has unscreened admissions, it takes children expelled from charter schools, released from juvenile detention, and others on a near-daily basis: last year, 359 of its 1,400 students arrived between October and June.
A week after Ivy League institutions and other schools released admissions decisions, the Strand bookstore in New York invited a panel of high school college counselors and admissions directors to offer advice for neurotic parents and anxious applicants alike.
The annual report cards for New York City's public schools, released this month, suggest that high school students have made some progress in meeting tougher new state graduation requirements, but still have a long way to go.
Young athletes in almost every sport are taking the strength-training supplement creatine, according to a study of suburban New York schools released yesterday that was published in the August issue of Pediatrics.
A survey of N.C.A.A. schools released last summer by Alfred University estimated that 80percentt of athletes underwent some form of hazing, and that one in five athletes was subjected to "unacceptable and potentially illegal hazing".
On Monday, Chicago Public Schools released a bare-bones budget that included a cut of about 6 percent in per-pupil financing for charter schools -- to $5,771 from $6,117 per pupil for elementary school students and to $7,213 from $7,647 per pupil for high school students.
