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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Tackling troubled families and Louise Casey
I interviewed Louise Casey, the tough-talking head of the government’s troubled families programme, last week for The Sunday Times. Five minutes into our interview and Casey lost control. After telling me about her meeting with Stella, a 40-year-old mother from one of … Continue reading
Sussing out cyberschools
I wrote a story for yesterday’s Sunday Times, with the paper’s education correspondent Jack Grimston, which at first sight may not seem that important. It’s a story about what could become the UK’s first virtual school, in which children study … Continue reading
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Tagged cyberschool, open university, rocketship school, virtual school
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Teaching children to read? Phonics has all the aces
So the reading wars go on, judging by this week’s Mumsnet debate about phonics between children’s author Michael Rosen and Schools minister Nick Gibb. Unusual for me to agree with a government minister, but I have to say, on this … Continue reading
The Leon boys beat a path to perfect school dinners
I interviewed the Leon boys about their campaign for better school dinners for the Sunday Times. You can read the full interview, with details of their mission and their relationship with Michael Gove, Jamie Oliver, here . Meanwhile, here’s my … Continue reading
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