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Edinburgh Education The Herald

29 January 2012

ENSURING CHILDREN DON'T SUFFER FROM PARENTS' MISTAKES Alex Wood on how schools can break the cycle of drug abuse

Teachers of my vintage have seen two generations of drug using youngsters pass through our…

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Edinburgh Education The Herald

29 January 2012

LESSONS LEARNED BUT SOME CHALLENGES REMAIN Alex Wood calls for a rethink on parental choice and school catchment areas

This summer I retire as a head teacher. Over these 39 years schools have changed,…

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Edinburgh Education Local Government Politics The Herald

29 January 2012

A RIGID SCHOOL OF THOUGHT Former head teacher Alex Wood was disciplined and 'counselled' for speaking out about education reforms.

On 15th September 2009, The Herald published an article by me on Scottish local government. …

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Education Holyrood Magazine Uncategorized

29 January 2012

Learning from experience: the impact of poverty on schools and learning

For so many Scottish youngsters living in poverty, education can be a passport to change.…

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Religion Review The Scottish Review

28 January 2012

Melvyn Bragg's strange view of the good book

Bureaucratic language is the normal outcome of writing by committee. A document produced by not…

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Education The Scottish Review

28 January 2012

I am retiring at a time when the main job of a teacher is not to teach

I started teaching at Craigroyston in Edinburgh in 1973. After 38 years in education, I…

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Edinburgh Education Local Government Politics The Scottish Review

28 January 2012

The communications people who prefer not to communicate

Prior to my recent retirement I became increasingly uneasy with local authority management. I…

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History Labour Movement Review The Scottish Review

28 January 2012

A reminder of the left's rich tradition, now jettisoned

There’s a new exhibition entitled Scottish Working People’s History at the National Library of Scotland. …

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Lothian Life Review

28 January 2012

Catherine Rayner's inspirational pets: review of art exhibition

Prize-winning children’s author and illustrator, Catherine Rayner, has opened an exhibition of new and original…

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Literacy Lothian Life Review

27 January 2012

Can You Eat, Shoot and Leave?

Bathgate writer, Clare Dignall’s Can You Eat, Shoot & Leave? (Collins, £7.99) is a sharp,…

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A RIGID SCHOOL OF THOUGHT Former head teacher Alex Wood was disciplined and 'counselled' for speaking out about education reforms.

Melvyn Bragg's strange view of the good book

I am retiring at a time when the main job of a teacher is not to teach

The communications people who prefer not to communicate

A reminder of the left's rich tradition, now jettisoned

Catherine Rayner's inspirational pets: review of art exhibition

Can You Eat, Shoot and Leave?

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