Cribsheet daily 19.11.10

There has been a fair bit of number-crunching going on here, after the government took the unprecedented step of opening up its accounts to the public. The accounts show that several private schools have received payment from the government to work with state school pupils to raise aspirations. The grants include £40,434 to Eton college, £29,950 to Wellington college, and £34,000 to the Perse school for girls in Cambridge. In other education news, prospects are looking bleak for international students. The home secretary's migration advisory committee has said the target of reducing net migration can only be met by drastically reducing number of students coming to UK from outside EU . More education stories on the Guardian Fielding: Students wave placards and I'm haunted by ghosts of demos past Dea Birkett: Museum moments are worth preserving Vast collection of theatre memorabilia finds university home News from around the web Schools are being overloaded by constant changes to the curriculum and a 'tick list' approach to teaching, The Telegraph reports. The BBC returns to the tuition fees debate, reporting that shadow business secretary John Denham has accused the coalition of 'railroading' through proposals to up fees . He said that more details of the government's plans should be published before MPs were asked to vote. Competition Do you have a clever way of using technology to teach children at your school? Enter the Classroom Innovation awards by sending us a short video of what you can do. There is a primary and secondary category and each winner will get £7,500 of Asus computing kit. Find us on the Guardian website EducationGuardian.co.uk All today's EducationGuardian stories Follow us on Twitter and Facebook EducationGuardian on Twitter Judy Friedberg on Twitter Jeevan Vasagar on Twitter Jessica Shepherd on Twitter Claire Phipps on Twitter EducationGuardian on Facebook EducationGuardian resources The Guardian University Guide 2011 School league tables Postgrad tables The world's top 100 universities More education links on the Guardian Online learning and teaching resources from Learn Job vacancies in education More about Crib sheet Sign up to get Crib sheet as an email on Tuesdays To advertise in the Crib sheet email, contact Sunita Gordon on 0203 353 2447 or email [email protected]