Summerhill school and the do-as-yer-like kids

Earlier this month, seven generations of past and present pupils gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Summerhill, our progressive, controversial alma mater. The school was set up, in a…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 19, 2011
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2471 words)

The crisis facing Britain's education system

Watching the anarchic, frightening scenes erupt on the streets of London, Birmingham, Manchester, and many more urban areas over the last week, a single word kept reverberating around my…
PUBLISHED: Aug. 16, 2011
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2289 words)
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