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Please Sir, Skool Isn't Werking'

A Close Look at our Education System

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Pub Date 28 Nov 2024 | Archive Date 26 Dec 2024

Troubador | Matador


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Using a lifetime of knowledge and experience of our education system, Mike Kent looks closely at why it so often falls short, failing both teachers and children.

With much humour and a wealth of experience and insight he looks back at the last fifty years of schooling, critically examining the changes, the questionable theories, the inability of most education ministers to do anything worthwhile, and the huge cost of failed initiatives. He also suggests how things can be made better.

'Please Sir, Skool Isn't Werking' is a book which will be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in education and a lively sense of humour!

Using a lifetime of knowledge and experience of our education system, Mike Kent looks closely at why it so often falls short, failing both teachers and children.

With much humour and a wealth of...


A Note From the Publisher

Mike Kent spent his entire career in primary education and was one of the country’s most respected and longest standing headteachers. For sixteen years, he was the weekly ‘back page columnist’ on The Times Educational Supplement newspaper and was twice shortlisted as ‘Columnist of the Year’. He has written for numerous magazines and education journals, lectured at educational functions and has published seven books. He is based in London.

Mike Kent spent his entire career in primary education and was one of the country’s most respected and longest standing headteachers. For sixteen years, he was the weekly ‘back page columnist’ on The...


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ISBN 9781836286868
PRICE £4.99 (GBP)
PAGES 384

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