This week's news articles - 22nd March

Telegraph: Michael Gove: pupils should read 50 books a year

Guardian: Schools must take account of girls' precarious friendships

BBC News: England's teacher trainees 'do worse' in maths tests

Independent: Abortions give rise to Asia's 'lost boy' generation

Telegraph: Pregnant women are being taught to sing to their unborn babies in a pioneering project at an NHS hospital.

Guardian: Bidisha's thought for the day: Children. After a few happy hours at London's Museum of Childhood, I regressed to a state of toddlerish whimsy.

Guardian: Ahmed Masoud: Was I switched at birth? After Ahmed Masoud was born in Gaza, the hospital was bombed.

Telegraph: A teacher who was sacked from her job after writing a racy novel about some of her pupils and it getting posted on the internet is having the controversial text published.

Daily Mail: Teenage girl paralysed by rare immune disorder for four months makes amazing recovery

Independent: AIDS tests come to South Africa's schools

Daily Mail: 'Children are seen as an annoyance' Mothers say UK firms are not family friendly.

Telegraph: Parents will be able to direct inspectors to failing schools via a new website to be set up by the education watchdog.

BBC News: Future school league tables in England may include data on how many pupils go on to complete university degrees, the government says.

Daily Mail: Schools have a right to display a crucifix on classroom walls, European human rights judges ruled yesterday in a decision hailed as a 'turning point for religious liberty'.