AUK’s Keith Hargreaves’s weekly education column, with the help of some good, bad and ugly americana
A down-home, rootsy bluegrass offering from an industry veteran that deserves to get his time in the spotlight. Although ‘Dream Rich, Dirt Poor’ is Aaron Burdett’s eighth studio album, you would be forgiven if his was […]
The hissing of summer lawns… So half a year of sounds from the shed and beyond and it’s time for the summer hols for this particularly knackered teacher. It looks like the eggs have all been […]
The calm after the storm. After last week’s rant I have taken stock and decided that this week should be a far more optimistic piece looking to the future rather than dwelling on the rather bleak […]
On the home straight. So here we are three weeks or so from the end of term and already things are beginning to unravel. Now call me old school but when did a trip to Alton […]
Things are hotting up… Physically and metaphorically. This last week has been the deadline for Teacher Assessed Grades in our establishment and in an effort to stave off any litigation or parental interventions using more than […]
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