Tag Archives: the guardian

U-turn if you have to

This old bird, always keen to garner crumbs of comfort, cannot resist hoping to share with any who may not have seen it the text of a letter by Averil Lewin of Ely in The Guardian (29.06.09). She says: “What a … Continue reading

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Matter v. Antimatter

Reporting recently in the Education Guardian, Polly Curtis interviewed the egregious former SCI, Chris Woodenhead, on his forthcoming book and says “there are few giants in education as big as him” (a Jack and the Beanstalk specimen, does she mean?). … Continue reading

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Myths and Mindsets

Fiona Millar writes in the Education Guardian (14.4.09) of her altercation on the radio with a former Tory politician (unnamed but obviouly true to type) who had nothing to say on public education but it was cynical. “Failing state schools … Continue reading

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Verb. sap.

Not my lines below but those of Baroness Shirley Williams, Secretary of State for Education 1976-9 closing an article in the Education Guardian, 3.3.09 . “In all sorts of ways, including promises of new buildings, pressure is being brought on … Continue reading

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