Entries from January 2009

22 January 2009

Shame on the Girls’ Day School Trust

On 29 October in Credit crunch: When they can’t afford the school fees any longer, I addressed the issue of children being withdrawn mid-year from their fee-paying schools due to the credit crunch.  Canvassing the press, I see that in the past three months, this precise subject has become a rather hot topic for the [...]

21 January 2009

The 3Rs…or chocolate? The Rose Report says you can have your cake and eat it too!

I haven’t posted in a while. Christmas in Canada followed by weekly trips since then to Abu Dhabi (from where I post this today) are offered as excuses.  I was going to write something about the state of primary education in Abu Dhabi, but thought I’d share my thoughts with you on the latest government [...]