The Ted Wragg Guide to Education - Softcover

E.C. Wragg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750624310 ISBN 13: 9780750624312

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1995

Synopsis

Ted Wragg's hilarious column in the Times Education Supplement is the most widely read by teachers and educationalists in Britain, and his name is universally known in common rooms. This book brings together some of his best-loved columns over the past fifteen years giving a historical overview of some of the worst excesses of conservative education policy as well as tackling the day-to-day frustrations of life in the classroom.

The first part of the book features the columns dealing with some of the political issues which have affected teachers over the past fifteen years, from Sir Keith Joseph to Gillian Shephard, such as the Local Management of Schools, OFSTED and
Performance-related pay. The articles in the second part chronical life in the classroom and the day-to-day running of schools including the National Curriculum, coping with HMI visits, dealing with parents, speech day, opting out, and sex education.
Endorsed by the Times Educational Supplement
Features some of Ted Wragg's best-loved columns from the TES

About this title

Review

'This is a book to dip into, linger over, laugh about, weep about, read during staff meetings or hide behind they hymn book in assembly. Ted Wragg is a master at recognizing that the emperor has no clothes. With so many emperors and so few clothes, long may he continue.'
Education, March 1996

'Thank God for Ted Wragg. His humour is a tonic and an inspiration: the sort that has you gnashing your teeth with rage one minute and clutching your sides with laughter the next.'
Rory Bremner

'...compulsory reading for Secretaries of State - even those with learning difficulties would benefit.'
Neil Kinnock

Edition details

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0750624310
• ISBN 13: 9780750624312
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192