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'crushing the spirit' · Chris Woodhead · market driven solutions

The Woodhead alternative.

August 5, 2009 John

As I was trawling through The Economist audio archive, I came across a rather fascinating interview with Chris Woodhead, the former Chief Inspector of School, presumably to mark the publication of his new book A Desolation of Learning. The lion – it’s the luxuriant curls! – may have lost a few teeth but he can… Continue reading The Woodhead alternative.

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