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Richard Garner: Sarah Adam first knew her daughter was taking green issues seriously when the lights kept going out.
Inside Schools
Summerhill alumni: 'What we learnt at the school for scandal'
Thursday, 20 October 2011
At Summerhill, lessons are optional and pupils make the rules. In 90 years, it's caused huge controversy. What sort of people do its alumni become? Sarah Cassidy finds out
Andrew Adonis on Academies: 'It's about giving children an equal start in life'
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Adonis is known as the architect of Labour's academies programme. Ten years after the first one opened, how does he think they're doing?
Chalk Talk: Can private school heads save children from the 'ghettos'?
Thursday, 13 October 2011
To St Andrews for the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (and the golf). The theme of the conference for the heads of 250 of the country's leading independent schools was "Excellence Not Privilege". Apparently, privilege was misspelt in one earlier draft – which would have rather ruined the message.
Should we sound the bell on single-sex schools?
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Many parents still believe that boys and girls learn better when segregated. Yet the latest evidence suggests nothing of the kind, reports Clint Witchall
'This partnership has benefits for both our schools'
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Wellington is an academy; its sponsor and namesake is a leading public school. Between them, they aim to eradicate the divide between the state and private sectors.
John Bangs: 'Teaching reform cannot wait for a new generation'
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Michael Gove supports strong heads – but it is investing in teachers that delivers real results, argues John Bangs
Teaching for a smarter, brighter future?
Thursday, 22 September 2011
With its broader outlook, Russ Thorne asks if the Baccalaureate is the more rounded choice
Why a private education may be more affordable than you think
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Fees at independent schools are high but there are funds available to soften the blow. By Steve McCormack
Teaching science: A physical solution
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Physicists don’t want to teach biology and chemistry? Get them to teach maths instead, suggests Christopher White.
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