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An article today in the Guardian on John Macbeath. I’d not heard of him before but he sounds like an inspiring chap and if he was vilified by Chris Woodhead he must have some good ideas. Free school thinker by Peter Wilby in the Guardian. 13/01/2009 An invitation to look again at Ivan illich cropped [...]

Ofsted’s new mission – to get rid of boring teachers. Polly Curtis in the Guardian. ‘Pedestrian teaching’ they say. Hmm this might have something to do with the curriculum? Isn’t there a move to belatedly change it; to make it more investigative, relevant, inspiring, up to date, cross curricular, creative and fun. Some people just [...]