To Miss with Love by Katharine Birbalsingh
Meet Furious - sixteen, handsome and completely out of control. Nothing frightens him and no one can get through to him. Now meet Munchkin - a sweet kid with glasses who's an easy target and needs protecting. Then there's Seething and Deranged, two girls who are brimming with bad attitude.
Charismatic.. electrifying ... This remarkable woman has neatly identified the problem with education -- Minette Marin * The Times *
The constant frustration, the struggle to hold on to your ideals in the face of a broken system - this book is the story of contemporary state education. It's both heart-breaking and inspiring -- Toby Young
Describes in eloquent, despairing voice how schools suffer from high levels of disruption and underachievement * Telegraph *
The teacher who laid bare the chaos in the education system ... by delivering some brutal home truths ... articulate and inspirational * Daily Mail *
The constant frustration, the struggle to hold on to your ideals in the face of a broken system - this book is the story of contemporary state education. It's both heart-breaking and inspiring -- Toby Young
Describes in eloquent, despairing voice how schools suffer from high levels of disruption and underachievement * Telegraph *
The teacher who laid bare the chaos in the education system ... by delivering some brutal home truths ... articulate and inspirational * Daily Mail *
Katharine Birbalsingh is Britain's most outspoken and controversial teacher. Educated at a comprehensive school, she earned a degree in philosophy and modern languages at Oxford university and has taught for over a decade in inner-city schools. To Miss with Love was for several years an anonymous blog that exposed the reality of inner-city schools and the problems with the education system. She now writes regularly for the Telegraph and has given evidence at the Commons select committee for education. Her views have sparked a national debate. www.katharinebirbalsingh.com
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670918997 |
| ISBN 10 | 0670918997 |
| Title | To Miss with Love |
| Author | Katharine Birbalsingh |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-03-03 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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