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The Daily Express, The Daily Telegraph, theguardian, The Independent, The Tablet, The Times, The Times Educational Supplement

 

A considered smack is a parent's right - Moves to outlaw smacking will further confuse and discourage parents.

A new generation of public schools - good state-funded schools for everyone

Exam changes - what they really mean

If we can't trust adults, children will lose out - Can we afford to ignore the commitment of volunteers?

Lowering the school leaving age - If teenagers see schools as a kind of PoW camp in a war between the generations, who can blame them?

Lucky break for the boarder - secrets of success in a 21st century boarding school

More Church Schools - Beware the state’s enthusiasm.

No need to be a Neet - Not in education, employment or training - a new diploma is introduced.

Not the way to help state schools - I have worked in both sectors, and Alan Johnson 's proposal makes me want to laugh - and cry!

Ousted - the loneliness of headship

Politician speaking sense on schools - David Cameron grasps a nettle.

Presentation, not content, is now the key to exams - Students are taught the use of headlines, without doing the more important bit first.

Social Inclusion -Schools can be just like prison

Stop interfering and set our schools free - city academies to take over primary schools. It's all happening too fast.

Teacher spy – public enemy or public benefactor? - hidden cameras – every supply teacher should be given one.

Teachers – Whose side are they on? - Teachers need to put their pupils first.

The solution to poor schools lies with parents - selective education and parents

Trusting teachers to touch children - Trust teachers if we want the best from them.

Work ethics - Is compulsory schooling socially excluding some youngsters?

You won’t improve schools by mixing the bad with the good - management by threat

 

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Harrow Observer, Harrow Times, Swiss News, Sudbury Times and elsewhere

 

Another grotty day in paradise - a ski lesson with a former world downhill champion

Book Review - Converting the current - Imagined London by Anna Quindlen

Dilemma for cyclists - potential victims but sometime aggressors

Essex - What counts as the county’s culture?

Longhorns at Harrow - a traditional breed at the school

Out of print but still farming's most popular commentator - AG Street, farmer, writer and broadcaster

Visit to a beekeeper - finger-licking good

 

 

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