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New Deputy Mayor Points Finger At Teachers

Londonist (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008

By not taking responsibility for the violent crime and anti-social behaviour of their pupils, teachers are merely ignoring their own mistakes, according to London's new Deputy Mayor, Ray Lewis . In a statement guaranteed to rile the National Union of Teachers, Mr Lewis told a meeting on street violence that "schools are the only businesses which blame their customers for their own failings". Having...

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Teachers 'failing violent pupils'

BBC News (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008

Teachers must take some responsibility for aggressive teenagers, London's deputy mayor for young people says.

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Ranty Rant Rant

Quinquireme (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008

Ooh, but there are a lot of things making me angry today. It all started quite early this morning when I read on Annie Slaminsky's blog about Boris Johnson's new sidekick saying that black boys should have black, male teachers . I know absolutely nothing about the reality of what it's like being a teacher in inner-city London, but I'm deeply suspicious of any attempt to segregate people of different...