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Rhodes Boyson MP on the problem of truancy. The ILEA has reported an increase this (last?) year. Boyson attributes the disaffection of older students partly to the raising of the school leaving age; these...
Interview with 13-year-old Matthew Hilton, and his mother, following his return home to Sunderland, after he he ran away in an attempt to halt the planned seal cull in Scotland. He says that he is going to...
John Perkins reports on a dramatic increase in the number of educational special units since 1974. The so-called sanctuaries or sin bins are used to tackle disciplinary problems within schools and have been...
Brian Hayes Programme. Hayes interviews Formula One and IndyCar racing driver Mario Andretti, whose book, Mario Andretti, World Champion, is now out. He also discusses the Great Train Robbery book tour and...
Joan McLaughan on her schoolgirl daughter Louise, who rode topless on horseback through Coventry as Lady Godiva during the annual parade, and who lost her wig in a high wind. Male interviewer not identified.
Conservative Party Chairman Norman Tebbit complains that the Inner London Education Authority has been about politics rather than education - management have been forcing politics down the line, and many...
Education Secretary Kenneth Clarke talks to Peter Russell about the government’s schools bill and says parents have a right to know how schools are performing in examinations, truancy rates and...
Kevin Murphy reports on London schools being top of the list in league tables of truancy released by the Department for Education and also bottom of the list for exam results. Talks to pupils at Holland Park...
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