Great header. As always, it is the detail that can bring a story to life and, assuming cyclefree has the details of this correct (I’m sure she does), this is a very difficult position to understand. … (View Post)

PB brains trust - a slightly shameless (but in a good cause) appeal for info. Our school has a very unusually high number of kids who have been through the foster system (60 or so, most schools have … (View Post)

Hmmm…I’m not sure this ‘reducing pressure’ argument really sticks. The system can accommodate plenty more kids from the sorts of families that would send them to private schools, mainly because they’… (View Post)

As someone who is vehemently anti smart phones for teenagers (and who has direct albeit anecdotal evidence of their impact on teenagers as a teacher) Ghebredav and Topping you both make decent points… (View Post)

I'm calling it. moonshine is one of yours, Leon, and this is masterful distraction tactics. 9 years in the making, but still... (View Post)